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Acta médica Grupo Ángeles
Print version ISSN 1870-7203
Abstract
MYERS ESMENJAUD, Jorge Andrés; MALDONADO PINTADO, Diana Gabriela; MEDINA GONZALEZ, Salvador and ROMERO MORELOS, Ricardo Daniel. Experience in the General Surgery Service of a private hospital in Mexico during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Acta méd. Grupo Ángeles [online]. 2021, vol.19, n.1, pp.81-85. Epub Jan 31, 2022. ISSN 1870-7203.
Specific care took place at the Hospital Ángeles Pedregal General Surgery Area as soon as the COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic to take care of patients, medical personnel and paramedics in the surgical areas reorganizing the operational surgery steps.
Objective:
To describe if the implemented measures in the General Surgery operational service during the COVID-19 pandemic correspond to the international recommendations, and if these were beneficially reflected in the intra-hospital quality care.
Material and methods:
A descriptive and registry study was made including different variables and procedures depending of the pandemic in Mexico. 133 for phase 1, 48 for phase 2 and 60 for phase 3, this compared retrospectively to the operation of the service before the pandemic.
Results:
Notable reduction of the elective priority surgical urgency procedures, in major proportion using laparoscopic methods as well as a reduction of number of days of the patients at the hospital.
Conclusion:
With the operative measures taken, it was possible to have a safe practice, both inside and outside of the surgical room for the patient and the intra-hospital personnel with favorable results in our care center.
Keywords : Pandemic; COVID-19; elective surgery; emergency surgery.
