As healthcare systems worldwide buckle under the weight of facing the COVID-19 pandemic, burn care providers around the globe are faced with continuing essential burn care treatments under these extreme conditions. The main challenges reported are acute staff shortages due to infection or quarantine, shortage in operating rooms due to many being dedicated to COVID-19 infected patients providing ICU treatment as well as shortage in operating room supplies and ventilators, and the general need to minimize the burden on healthcare systems. Due to the above, we have recently seen national and international burn care associations stressing the need for shifting towards non-surgical care of burn patients
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The role of enzymatic debridement in burn care in the COVID-19 pandemic. Commentary by the Italian Society of Burn Surgery (SIUST)
Melandri D.;D'Alessio R.;
2020
Abstract
As healthcare systems worldwide buckle under the weight of facing the COVID-19 pandemic, burn care providers around the globe are faced with continuing essential burn care treatments under these extreme conditions. The main challenges reported are acute staff shortages due to infection or quarantine, shortage in operating rooms due to many being dedicated to COVID-19 infected patients providing ICU treatment as well as shortage in operating room supplies and ventilators, and the general need to minimize the burden on healthcare systems. Due to the above, we have recently seen national and international burn care associations stressing the need for shifting towards non-surgical care of burn patientsI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
