Open AccessDifferent Scenarios of Asymptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Orthopedic Trauma Patients: Case Series and Practical Guide
Author(s) -
Seyyed Hossein Shafiei,
Salar Baghbani,
Mohsen Rezaei Nosrati,
Babak Siavashi,
Mohammad Reza Golbakhsh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of orthopedics and spine trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2538-4600
pISSN - 2538-2330
DOI - 10.18502/jost.v6i2.4787
Subject(s) - orthopedic surgery , orthopedic trauma , medicine , pandemic , asymptomatic , covid-19 , outbreak , workforce , emergency medicine , medical emergency , trauma center , disease , surgery , retrospective cohort study , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , economics , economic growth
Background: During the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Sina Hospital in Tehran, Iran, dedicated a majority of its facilities and workforce to fight this crisis. Meanwhile, our academic trauma center continued to admit emergency trauma patients.
Case Report: In this case series, we tried to discuss five previously healthy trauma patients who underwent orthopedic surgery and were diagnosed with COVID-19 later. Also, we described our detailed protocol for the management of orthopedic patients during the pandemic.
Conclusion: During COVID-19 time, we continued to provide our best service to the trauma patients while keeping our personnel as far as possible from direct contact with the patients until it was necessary.