Guidelines and recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic: A word of caution.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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3. The new timing in acute care surgery (new TACS) classification: a WSES Delphi consensus study.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2023
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4. Surgical treatment of acute cholecystitis in patients with confirmed COVID-19: Ten case reports and review of literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2022
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5. Emergency surgery admissions and the COVID-19 pandemic: did the first wave really change our practice? Results of an ACOI/WSES international retrospective cohort audit on 6263 patients.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2022
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6. Study of Mental Health Status of the Resident Physicians in China During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022
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7. Evaluating the feasibility of performing elective gastrointestinal cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study with 60 days follow-up results of a tertiary referral pandemic hospital.Journal of surgical oncology · 2021
   Observational
8. Letter to the Editor RE: "COVID-19 Impact on Colorectal Daily Practice-How Long Will It Take to Catch Up?"Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2020
   Article

Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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