Perspectives on perioperative management of children's surgical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-income and middle-income countries: a global survey.
Paul R TrucheAlexis BowderAmber Trujillo LallaRobert CrumFabio BotelhoHenry Elliot RiceBellisa Caldas LopesSarah GreenbergFaye EvansJohn Gerard MearaEmmanuel Adoyi AmehDavid Patrick MooneyPublished in: World journal of pediatric surgery (2020)
There is little consensus on which procedures should be limited or delayed among LMIC providers. Expansion of testing capacity and local, context-specific guidelines may be a better strategy than international consensus, given the disparities in availability of preoperative testing and the lack of consensus towards which procedures should be delayed.