Open AccessEmergency surgical workflow and experience of suspected cases of COVID-19: A case report
Author(s) -
Di Wu,
Tianyu Xie,
Xuehong Sun,
Xinxin Wang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i21.5361
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , emergency department , perioperative , community acquired pneumonia , abdominal pain , emergency medicine , surgery , intensive care medicine , general surgery , nursing
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has been confirmed to be a newly discovered zoonotic pathogen that causes highly contagious viral pneumonia, which the World Health Organization has named novel coronavirus pneumonia. Since its outbreak, it has become a global pandemic. During the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), however, there is no mature experience or guidance on how to carry out emergency surgery for suspected cases requiring emergency surgical intervention and perioperative safety protection against virus.