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Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Volume 57, September 2020, Pages 163-165
Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Surgical consent during the COVID19 pandemic: Saving lives while in crisis editorial

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Highlights

  • Compares obtaining informed consent from a non-COVID-19 patient versus a COVID-19 person under investigation or confirmed positive in order to maintain healthcare workers safety and minimize PPE use.

  • Explains the use of technology in the form of video chat to aid in informed consent from healthcare surrogates of patients who are unable to provide their own informed consent.

  • Discusses alternative solutions to obtaining informed consent from a COVID-19 person under investigation or confirmed positive.

Keywords

Medical ethics
Surgical consent
Emergency surgery
Trauma surgery
COVID-19 pandemic

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