Awake Major Abdominal Surgeries in the COVID-19 Era
Background. During the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), allocating intensive care beds to patients needing acute care surgery became a very difficult task. Moreover, since general anesthesia is an aerosol-generating procedure, its use became controversial. This strongly restricted th...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2021-01-01
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Series: | Pain Research and Management |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8763429 |