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COVID-19: conceptos clave para el cirujano

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 98; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Espanhol

10.1016/j.ciresp.2020.04.009

1885-8465

Inés Rubio-Pérez, Josep M. Badía, Marta Mora-Rillo, Alejandro Martín‐Quirós, Julio García‐Rodríguez, José M. Balibrea, Esteban Martín Antona, Estíbaliz Álvarez Peña, Alejandra García‐Botella, Elena Martín‐Pérez, Mario Álvarez Gallego, Sagrario Martínez Cortijo, Isabel Pascual, Lola Pérez Díaz, José Luis Ramos Rodríquez, Eloy Espín, Raquel Sánchez Santos, Salvador Morales‐Conde,

Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

In view of the current pandemic by SARS-CoV-2 it deems essential to understand the key concepts about the infection: its epidemiological origin, presentation, clinical course, diagnosis and treatment (still experimental in many cases). The knowledge about the virus is still limited, but as the pandemic progresses and the physiopathology of the disease is understood, new evidence is being massively published. Surgical specialists are facing an unprecedented situation: they must collaborate in the ER or medical wards attending these patients, while still needing to make decisions about surgical patients with probable COVID-19. The present narrative review aims to summarize the most relevant aspects and synthetize concepts on COVID-19 for surgeons.