Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Gynecologic Oncology Surgery in Brasil - Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2021;43(11):803-804
The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced every aspect of human life for the past 20 months. To date, we have registered more than 21,500,000 cases of the disease and more than 610,000 deaths in Brazil. There were two waves of the disease, one peak in June 2020 and another in March 2021. The entire Brazilian health system has suffered a significant impact from the pandemic. States and cities carried out the National Brazilian Health System (SUS) response to the pandemic without national coordination.
The first measures aimed to reduce the virus dissemination and to protect individuals with high risk of complications. The rapid advance of the pandemic highlighted the insufficiency of intensive care beds, personal protective equipment, and human resources to face the crisis. We observed then the massive and indiscriminate closing of health services dedicated to the treat other diseases. Initial evidence suggested that patients contaminated with covid 19 after the surgical procedure had high mortality. Nonurgent surgeries were postponed and treatment protocols modified.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced every aspect of human life for the past 20 months. To date, we have registered more than 21,500,000 cases of the disease and more than 610,000 deaths in Brazil. There were two waves of the disease, one peak in June 2020 and another in March 2021. The entire Brazilian health system has suffered a significant impact from the pandemic. States and cities carried out the National Brazilian Health System (SUS) response to the pandemic without national coordination.
The first measures aimed to reduce the virus dissemination and to protect individuals with high risk of complications. The rapid advance of the pandemic highlighted the insufficiency of intensive care beds, personal protective equipment, and human resources to face the crisis. We observed then the massive and indiscriminate closing of health services dedicated to the treat other diseases. Initial evidence suggested that patients contaminated with covid 19 after the surgical procedure had high mortality. Nonurgent surgeries were postponed and treatment protocols modified.
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