Aerosol-generating procedures in thoracic surgery in the COVID-19 era in Malaysia | Zendy

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Aerosol-generating procedures in thoracic surgery in the COVID-19 era in Malaysia

Author(s) -

Narasimman Sathiamurthy,

Narendran Balasubbiah,

Benedict Dharmaraj

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

asian cardiovascular and thoracic annals

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.203

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 1816-5370

pISSN - 0218-4923

DOI - 10.1177/0218492320950898

Subject(s) - personal protective equipment , medicine , cardiothoracic surgery , covid-19 , surgery , health care , general surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused changes in the surgical treatment of non-Covid patients, especially in thoracic surgery because most procedures are aerosol generating. Hospital Kuala Lumpur, where thoracic procedures are performed, was badly affected. We describe our experience in performing aerosol generating procedures safely in thoracic surgery during the Covid-19 era.

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