Surgery triage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, caused the COVID-19 global pandemic. In response, the Australian and New Zealand governments activated their respective emergency plans and hospital frameworks to deal with the potential increased demand on scarce resources. Surgical triage formed an important part of this response to protect the healthcare system's capacity to respond to COVID-19.

Method

A rapid review methodology was adapted to search for all levels of evidence on triaging surgery during the current COVID-19 outbreak. Searches were limited to PubMed (inception to 10 April 2020) and supplemented with grey literature searches using the Google search engine. Further, relevant articles were also sourced through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons COVID-19 Wo

SUBMITTER: Babidge WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7404945 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature