How to resume elective orthopaedic surgical procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic? [Como retomar a atividade cirúrgica eletiva em ortopedia durante a pandemia COVID-19?]

• Type: Article in National Scientific Journal
• Date: 2021

Authors

Diogo, N (Author) Other; Miranda, A (Author) Other; Ruano, A (Author) Other; Mendes, E (Author) Other; Mendes, F (Author) Other; Montes, J (Author) Other; Alves, J (Author) Other; Rosa, I (Author) Other; Alegrete, N (Author) Other; Neves, N (Author) FMUP; Lourenço, P (Author) Other; Felicíssimo, P (Author) Other; Sá Cardoso, P (Author) Other; Gomes, A (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Acta Medica Portuguesa

ISSN: 0870-399X

Publisher: Ordem dos Medicos

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Authenticus ID: P-00T-TJW

DOI: 10.20344/amp.15480

Abstract (EN): This document was prepared by the College of Orthopedics of the Portuguese Medical Association with the aim of developing the guidelines on the resumption of elective surgical activity in Orthopedics during the COVID-19 pandemic. It sets the criteria that allow the prioritization of surgeries according to the severity of the clinical situation, based on existing and published classifications. Moreover, it provides an organizational model for patient preparation and describes the patient pathways in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative periods. It also describes safety rules for elective surgery and a model for monitoring patients after discharge according to scientific evidence. Copyright © Ordem dos Médicos 2021

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific