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ReviewJournal of shoulder and elbow surgery2020

A new role for orthopaedic surgeons: ongoing changes, lessons learned, and perspectives from a level I trauma center during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dominick V Congiusta, Katie Otero, Joseph Ippolito, Jennifer Thomson, Kathleen S Beebe

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Review in Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dominick V CongiustaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA. Electronic address: dvc33@njms.rutgers.edu.
Katie OteroDepartment of Orthopaedics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
Joseph IppolitoDepartment of Orthopaedics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
Jennifer ThomsonDepartment of Orthopaedics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
Kathleen S BeebeDepartment of Orthopaedics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined global health care. With almost 13 million confirmed cases worldwide, medical professionals have been forced to modify their practice to take care of an expanded, critically ill population. Institutions have been challenged to implement innovative ways to maximize the utility and the safety of residents and personnel. Guided by lessons learned from prior mass causalities, wars, and previous pandemics, adjustments have been made in order to provide optimal care for all patients while still protecting limited resources and the lives of health care workers. Specialists who are trained in the management of lethal aspects of this disease continue to have a high demand and obvious role. Orthopedic surgeons, with ill-defined roles, have been redeployed to manage complex medical problems. Still, the need to manage trauma, fractures, infections, tumors, and dislocations remains a necessity. Various innovative measures have been taken to maximize the utility and safety of residents in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Commonalities to most measures and distinct changes in practice philosophy can be identified and applied to both current and future pandemic responses.

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BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansOrthopedicsPandemicsPhysician's RolePneumonia, ViralPractice Patterns, Physicians'SARS-CoV-2Trauma CentersacademicCOVID-19educationorthopaedic surgeonspandemicresidency

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PMID32738400
PMCPMC7390768

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