Patients with Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) and Surgery: Guidelines and Checklist Proposal

World Neurosurg. 2020 Jul:139:e769-e773. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.155. Epub 2020 Apr 25.

Abstract

The management of patients with novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) represents a new challenge for medical and surgical teams. Each operating room in the world should be prepared thoughtfully, and the development of a protocol and patient route seems mandatory. An adequate degree of protection must be used. We propose recommendations to help different professionals in the establishment of protocols for the management of patients with COVID-19. We also offer a checklist that could be used in the operating room.

Keywords: COVID-19; Checklist; Health care workers; Operating room; Surgery.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Checklist / methods
  • Checklist / standards*
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Coronavirus Infections / surgery*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Health Personnel / standards
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / methods
  • Infection Control / standards*
  • Operating Rooms / standards*
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral / surgery*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
  • SARS-CoV-2