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cord-294636-xes8g0x4	Brindle, Mary E.	Approaching Surgical Triage During the COVID-19 Pandemic	2020-05-07		.txt	text/plain	2133	134	50	The harm caused by failure to modify the surgery schedule has been clearly demonstrated in countries like China where ongoing elective operations and nonessential clinic visits contributed to early rates of in-hospital COVID-19 transmission 2 ; and from Italy where resources consumed through elective surgery including personal protective equipment left health care workers vulnerable when the pandemic crested. Although nonoperative care of appendicitis may have a failure rate between 14 and 30%, the majority of patients will get out of hospital without surgery and will not consume the human and material resources that are most needed in COVID-19 management. 9. COVID-19 surgical care pathways and a COVID-19 Operating room will need to be maintained after the peak of the pandemic has passed as patients with COVID-19 will continue to present with conditions requiring surgery.	./cache/cord-294636-xes8g0x4.txt	./txt/cord-294636-xes8g0x4.txt