Single centre concept of ‘cold site’ elective surgery during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic : A cohort study | Zendy

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Single centre concept of ‘cold site’ elective surgery during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic : A cohort study

Author(s) -

Muhammad Rafaih Iqbal,

Adeel Abbas Dhahri,

N Darwish,

Vardhini Vijay

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

annals of medicine and surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391

H-Index - 23

ISSN - 2049-0801

DOI - 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.09.047

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , covid-19 , pandemic , elective surgery , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , body mass index , cohort , cohort study , surgery , general surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a major strain on healthcare systems across the globe. As these systems got overwhelmed with the emergency care of the infected patients, widespread cancellations of elective surgery occurred. Our hospital utilised local private hospital as a dedicated cold site (CS) for urgent elective surgery during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. We aim to analyse the outcomes at this dedicated cold site.

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