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cord-325649-zzhsrytw	Rispoli, Rossella	Spine surgery in Italy in the COVID-19 era: Proposal for assessing and responding to the regional state of emergency	2020-08-07		.txt	text/plain	2780	140	50	By the time of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic (1) , many hospitals in northern Italy were already overcrowded by COVID-19 patients, especially intensive care units, where about 50% of all available ICU beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients ( 2 ) . These include postponing elective surgical procedures until a more appropriate time, putting in place strategies to ensure urgent/emergency operations during the pandemic, defining type of hospital and the assistance pathways, designating COVID-19 operating rooms for urgent procedures with guidance information posted conspicuously to all the professionals, ensuring systematic and correct use of appropriate PPE, controlling and limiting the number of patients' visitors, developing support strategies for healthcare professionals, and treating outpatients through telemedicine (teleorientation, telemonitoring, and teleinterconsultation) (5) .	./cache/cord-325649-zzhsrytw.txt	./txt/cord-325649-zzhsrytw.txt