Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Jul 2020
ReviewThe COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Low and Middle-Income Countries.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly around the world with devastating consequences on patients, health care workers, health systems, and economies. As it reaches low- and middle-income countries, its effects could be even more dire, because it will be difficult for them to respond aggressively to the pandemic. There is a great shortage of all health care providers, who will be at risk due to a lack of personal protection equipment. ⋯ The necessary resources to treat patients will be in short supply. The end result could be a catastrophic loss of life. A global effort will be required to support faltering economies and health care systems.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Jul 2020
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyProspective Comparison of Preoperative Predictive Performance Between 3 Leading Frailty Instruments.
The Clinical Frailty Scale provides meaningful additional outcome prediction to traditional preoperative risk factors among non-cardiac surgery patients.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Jul 2020
Review Historical ArticleTo Protect Health Care Workers Better, To Save More Lives With COVID-19.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has thus far caused a total of 81,747 confirmed cases with 3283 deaths in China and more than 370,000 confirmed cases including over 16,000 deaths around the world by March 24, 2020. This issue has received extensive attention from the international community and has become a major public health priority. As the pandemic progresses, it is regrettable to know the health care workers, including anesthesiologists, are being infected constantly. Therefore, we would like to share our firsthand practical experience and perspective in China, focusing on the personal protection of health care workers and the risk factors related to their infection, based on the different stages of the COVID-19 epidemic in China.