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Surgical consent during the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s) -

Oloruntobi Rotimi,

Kevin Beatson,

A Aderombi,

Wwt Lam,

O Bajomo,

Neil Kukreja

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.2020.10.011

Subject(s) - medicine , audit , psychological intervention , pandemic , informed consent , covid-19 , intervention (counseling) , nursing , alternative medicine , disease , management , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics

During the COVID-19 pandemic, surgical practice may deviate with operative and non-operative management considered. Appropriate discussion of options with patients is paramount to quality surgical care. Intercollegiate and EAES guidelines recommend discussing and documenting risk of COVID-19 exposure in the consent process for patients undergoing surgery.

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