TY  - JOUR
TI  - Perioperative planning for cardiovascular operations in the COVID-19 pandemic
AB  - Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a serious healthconcern which alert all healthcare professionals worldwide.There are two main issues caused by this pandemic regardingfor the healthcare system. First, it is a necessity to postponemany elective procedures/surgeries to reduce the burdenof the healthcare system which may be confronted withstrain by the increased speed of transmission. Therefore, weaimed to develop an algorithm called as Level of Priorityto identify the priority and deferrability of cardiovasculardiseases requiring surgery. Second, it is essential to performsurgery and intensive care unit follow-up in a setting wherethe infection prevention measures are followed for primarypatients requiring emergency cardiovascular surgery. In thisarticle, we present necessary precautions to be exercised toprovide the patient safety and the highest level of protectionfor the surgical team.
AU  - Mavioglu, Levent
AU  - Ünal, Ertekin Utku
AU  - Ozatik, Mehmet Ali
AU  - ASKIN, GOKTAN
AU  - kucuker, seref alp
DO  - 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2020.09294
PY  - 2020
JO  - Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
SN  - 1301-5680
SP  - 236
EP  - 243
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/371450
ER  -