Aims To analyse the learning points from the first 30 days of the COVID-19 lockdown at our institution. Patients & methods Following ethical approval, data were collected prospectively on all patients admitted under orthopaedics between March 23,…
Jerzy Sieńko,1 Maciej Kotowski,1 Anna Bogacz,2 Kacper Lechowicz,3 Sylwester Drożdżal,4 Jakub Rosik,5 Marek Sietnicki,6 Magdalena Sieńko,7 Katarzyna Kotfis3 1Department of General Surgery and Transplantology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin,…
The new coronavirus (2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19), which so far has affected more than 180 countries on almost every continent, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. its global reach and to date, has exceeded one million…
From a healthcare perspective, infection due to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) and the ensuing syndrome called COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) represents the biggest challenge the world has…
During the medical training years, in one way or another, we have obtained knowledge and have prepared in the best possible way for emergencies and/or natural disasters. In the last 25 years, action protocols have been executed and…
Highly infectious with the possibility of causing severe respiratory complications, the novel COVID-19 began stretching health systems beyond their capacity all over the world and pushing them to breaking points. Giving the devastating effects caused…