The Impact of Elective Surgery Postponement during COVID-19 on Emergency Bellwether Procedures in a large tertiary centre in Singapore.

Sze Ling ChanAlwin Yaoxian ZhangSean ShaoWei LamVijaya RaoDevendra KanagalingamHiang Khoon TanPierce Kah Hoe ChowSachin Mathur

Published in: International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (2024)

Elective surgery postponement in the early COVID-19 pandemic did not affect volumes of emergency CS and OF fixations but led to an increase in volume for EL after the postponement without any worsening of outcomes.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
public health
emergency department
patients undergoing
healthcare
surgical site infection
type diabetes
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle