Safety of maintaining elective and emergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of a Protected Elective Surgical Unit (PESU): A cross-specialty evaluation of 30-day outcomes in 9,925 patients undergoing surgery in a University Health Board

Safety of maintaining elective and emergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of a Protected Elective Surgical Unit (PESU): A cross-specialty evaluation of 30-day outcomes in 9,925 patients undergoing surgery in a University Health Board

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented health care challenges mandating surgical service reconfiguration. Within our hospital, emergency and elective streams were separated and self-contained Protected Elective Surgical Units were developed to mitigate against infection-related m...

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Main Authors: T Minto, MBChB, T Abdelrahman, MD, L Jones, MBA, J Wheat, FRCS, T Key, MBChB, N Shivakumar, MBChB, J Ansell, MD, O Seddon, MBBCh, A Cronin, FRCS, A Tomkinson, FRCS, A Theron, FRCA, RW Trickett, MD, N Sagua, S Sultana, A Clark, E McKay, A Johnson, Karishma Behera, J Towler, H Kynaston, MD, A Mohamed, G Blackshaw, R Thomas, S Jones, M Shinkwin, H Perry, D Edgbeare, S Chopra, L DaSilva, I Williams, U Contractor, S Bell, S Zaher, M Stechman, S Berry, H Clark, E Bois, C Von Oppell, L Ackerman, E Ablorsu, J Horwood, D Mehta, J Featherstone, E Folaranmi, M Bray, K Siddall, E King, M Phillips, J Morgan, I Chopra, D Evans, K Whitehouse, P Leach, C Thomas, E Davies, M Dyer, A Fox, E Ireland, E Meehan, A Mukit, K Newell, D Parry, B Popham, C Chapman, H Botros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-10-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845022000586

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