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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-7203</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta médica Grupo Ángeles]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd. Grupo Ángeles]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-7203</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Grupo Ángeles, Servicios de Salud]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-72032021000100081</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Experiencia en el Servicio de Cirugía General de un hospital privado en México durante la pandemia por SARS-CoV-2]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Experience in the General Surgery Service of a private hospital in Mexico during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Myers Esmenjaud]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Andrés]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maldonado Pintado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diana Gabriela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Medina González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Salvador]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Romero Morelos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo Daniel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad La Sallae Facultad Mexicana de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ángeles Pedregal  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ángeles Pedregal  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad La Salle Facultad Mexicana de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>19</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>81</fpage>
<lpage>85</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-72032021000100081&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-72032021000100081&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-72032021000100081&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Desde que el COVID-19 fue declarado pandemia, el Servicio de Cirugía General del Hospital Ángeles Pedregal adoptó medidas específicas para el cuidado de los pacientes, del personal médico y paramédico dentro de las áreas quirúrgicas mediante una reorganización en la operatividad de las cirugías.  Objetivo:  Describir si las medidas implementadas en la operatividad del Servicio de Cirugía General durante la pandemia corresponden a las recomendaciones internacionales y si éstas se vieron reflejadas benéficamente en la calidad de atención intrahospitalaria.  Material y métodos:  Estudio descriptivo en el que se incluyeron diferentes variables y se registraron de forma consecutiva los procedimientos quirúrgicos que, dependiendo de la fase de la pandemia en México, fueron 133 para la fase uno, para la fase dos 48 y para la fase tres 60, esto comparado de manera retrospectiva con la operatividad quirúrgica antes de la pandemia.  Resultados:  Disminución notable de los procedimientos quirúrgicos electivos con prioridad para la cirugía de urgencia, se realizó en mayor proporción cirugía laparoscópica, así como reducción de los días de estancia intrahospitalaria.  Conclusión:  Con las medidas operativas adoptadas se pudo tener una práctica segura dentro y fuera del quirófano, reduciendo notablemente el riesgo de contagio con resultados favorables en nuestro centro.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: 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.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pandemia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cirugía electiva]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cirugía de urgencia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pandemic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[elective surgery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[emergency surgery]]></kwd>
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