Surgical Triage and Timing for Patients With Coronavirus Disease: A Guidance Statement from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Grant M, Lother S, Engelman D, Hassan A, Atluri P, Moosdorf R, Hayanga J, Merritt-Genore H, Chatterjee S, Firstenberg M, Hirose H, Higgins J, Legare J, Lamarche Y, Kass M, Mansour S, Arora R. Surgical Triage and Timing for Patients With Coronavirus Disease: A Guidance Statement from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2022, 114: 387-393. PMID: 35595089, PMCID: PMC9113762, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.05.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variantsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variantsCOVID-19Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicCardiac surgical teamPublic health effortsDisease 2019 pandemicPerioperative periodPreoperative patientsCOVID-19 casesVascular surgeryCritical careEfficacious vaccineCardiac surgeonsCardiovascular AngiographyThoracic Surgeons WorkforceThoracic surgeonsCardiac interventionsSurgical teamHealth effortsSurgical triageGuidance statementsInterventional cardiologyProcedural servicesCoronavirus disease