Early Response of the Orthopaedic Trauma Community to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
corona pandemic
covid-19
orthopedic trauma
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Dec 2020
03 Dec 2020
Historique:
entrez:
8
1
2021
pubmed:
9
1
2021
medline:
9
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Background With the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical systems and providers have been forced to undertake substantial changes to staffing structure, hospital policy, and surgical indications to remain able to care for patients and protect the providers. Here, we present a survey of orthopaedic trauma fellowship directors to assess when and what changes these individual units have made in order to cope with this global pandemic. Methods The survey was distributed via email to all 62 programs listed in the Orthopaedic Trauma Association web site. Results Twenty four responses were received. The majority of programs implemented changes between March 1
Identifiants
pubmed: 33415036
doi: 10.7759/cureus.11883
pmc: PMC7781772
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e11883Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020, Cantrell et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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