Surgery News

Hospital machine touted as ‘last best option’ to treat COVID-19 patients

EMCO machine

KOMO News | by Patrick Quinn, KOMO News Reporter | May 18, 2020 Until there is a cure or vaccine, hospitals could continue to struggle to treat the most critical COVID-19 patients, but doctors at Harborview Medical Center are turning to a machine for to help revive patients suffering from severe lung damage. The machine,…

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Study: Pandemic halts, delays 28 million elective surgeries

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UW Medicine | Newsroom | May 19, 2020 The repercussions from COVID-19 are being felt across all segments of society, and now thousands of surgeons worldwide have assessed the impact to canceled surgeries. The CovidSurg Collaborative projects that 28.4 million elective surgeries worldwide will be canceled or postponed in 2020, based on data from participating…

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I’m a surgeon in Seattle. A bleeding trauma patient amid the coronavirus pandemic was my nightmare

Dr. Amer Nassar

KUOW/NPR | by Kate Walters | April 21, 2020 Voices of the pandemic features people in the Seattle area who are on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak. Dr. Amer Nassar is a general surgery chief resident with the University of Washington. Surgeons may be less likely to see Covid-19 patients, but that doesn’t mean…

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With Surgeries Delayed, Patients Wait With Anxiety — Some in Pain — As Hospitals Make Way for Coronavirus Cases

Douglas Wood Scrubs

The Seattle Times | by Hal Bernton | March 29, 2020 At UW Medical Center’s Montlake campus in recent weeks, surgeries have dropped by about half. A lot more could be postponed if more coronavirus patients are hospitalized there. That scenario — if it does happen — would likely unfold in April. “We’re still at…

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