Association between government policy and delays in emergent and elective surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a modeling study

P Truche, LN Campos, EB Marrazzo… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The impact of public health policy to reduce the spread of COVID-19 on access
to surgical care is poorly defined. We aim to quantify the surgical backlog during the COVID …

Examining the surgical backlog due to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: insights from a scoping review

LN Campos, M Bryce-Alberti, A Gerk, SK Hill… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
This scoping review assessed the surgical backlog in Latin America and the Caribbean
(LAC) due to COVID-19 and identified mitigation strategies. We searched seven databases …

[PDF][PDF] Estimación de la eficiencia del uso de pabellones electivos en el sistema de salud público chileno entre 2018 y 2021

M Barahona, M Cárcamo, M Barahona, C Barrientos… - Medwave, 2023 - medwave.cl
ObjetIvo El uso eficiente de pabellones destinados a cirugías electivas es fundamental para
resolver patologías en lista de espera quirúrgica. El objetivo general de este estudio es …

Strategies for optimizing the use of PPE during surgery in COVID-19 pandemic: rapid scoping review of guidelines

V Agrawal, SK Yadav, P Agarwal, D Sharma - Indian Journal of Surgery, 2021 - Springer
Personal protective equipment (PPE) plays a fundamental role in the prevention of spread to
Health Care Professionals (HCP); especially in a surgical setting. This scoping review of …

Analyses on ICU and non-ICU capacity of government hospitals during the COVID-19 outbreak via multi-objective linear programming: An evidence from Istanbul

N Aydin, Z Cetinkale - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
The current infectious disease outbreak, a novel acute respiratory syndrome [SARS]-CoV-2,
is one of the greatest public health concerns that the humanity has been struggling since the …

Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with older individuals' healthcare utilization and self-reported health status: a longitudinal analysis from Singapore

SN Ahn, S Kim, K Koh - BMC Health Services Research, 2022 - Springer
Background The COVID–19 pandemic has challenged the capacity of healthcare systems
around the world and can potentially compromise healthcare utilization and health …

Resuming elective surgery after COVID-19: a simulation modelling framework for guiding the phased opening of operating rooms

HR Abdullah, SSW Lam, BY Ang, A Pourghaderi… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To develop a 2-stage discrete events simulation (DES) based framework for the
evaluation of elective surgery cancellation strategies and resumption scenarios across …

Health care logistics network design and analysis on pandemic outbreaks: Insights from COVID-19

Z Cetinkale, N Aydin - Transportation Research Record, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Health care systems throughout the world are under pressure as a result of COVID-19. It is
over two years since the first case was announced in China and health care providers are …

Challenges encountered in cancer care and management during Covid-19 in South Asian Countries

SS Yadav, M Zain, P Sahai, S Porwal… - Asian pacific journal of …, 2020 - waocp.com
During the COVID-19, the cancer care is one of the most effected fields. The cancer care is
either delayed or discontinued during the pandemic because of which cancer patients had …

The effect of positive psychotherapy on happiness and character strength in cancer patients

RP Meibodi, SD Meftagh… - Journal of Education …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND: Cancer is one of the major health problems across the world that poses a
great threat to human health and active life in all age groups, causing numerous personal …