Ma LS, Zhao YL, Wei YD, Liu C. Recommendations for perinatal and neonatal surgical management during the COVID-19 pandemic. World J Clin Cases 2020; 8(14): 2893-2901 [PMID: 32775372 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i14.2893]
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Li-Shuang Ma, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Department of Neonatal Surgery, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Affiliated Children’s Hospital, No. 2, Ya-Bao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020, China. malishuang2006@sina.com
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Pediatrics
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Expert Recommendations
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World J Clin Cases. Jul 26, 2020; 8(14): 2893-2901 Published online Jul 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i14.2893
Recommendations for perinatal and neonatal surgical management during the COVID-19 pandemic
Li-Shuang Ma, Yun-Long Zhao, Yan-Dong Wei, Chao Liu
Li-Shuang Ma, Yun-Long Zhao, Department of Neonatal Surgery, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Affiliated Children’s Hospital, Beijing 100020, China
Yan-Dong Wei, Chao Liu, Department of Neonatal Surgery, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Affiliated Children’s Hospital, Beijing 100020, China
Author contributions: All authors drafted part of the manuscript and approved the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare no conflicts of interest related to this manuscript.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Li-Shuang Ma, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Department of Neonatal Surgery, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Affiliated Children’s Hospital, No. 2, Ya-Bao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020, China. malishuang2006@sina.com
Received: May 19, 2020 Peer-review started: May 19, 2020 First decision: June 4, 2020 Revised: June 15, 2020 Accepted: June 29, 2020 Article in press: June 29, 2020 Published online: July 26, 2020
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has spread rapidly around the world and is a significant threat to global health. Patients in the Neonatal Surgery Department have rapidly progressing diseases and immature immunity, which makes them vulnerable to pulmonary infection and a relatively higher mortality. This means that these patients require multidisciplinary treatment including early diagnosis, timely transport, emergency surgery and intensive critical care. The COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to carrying out these treatments. To provide support for the health protection requirements of the medical services in the Neonatal Surgery Department, we developed recommendations focusing on patient transport, surgery selection and protection requirements with the aim of improving treatment strategies for patients and preventing infection in medical staff during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Core tip: We have developed recommendations focused on practices such as patient transport, surgery selection and protection requirements in the Neonatal Surgery Department, with the aim of improving treatment strategies for patients and preventing infection in medical staff during the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
