The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 is having a dramatic effect on most medical disciplines. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery is one of the most engaged disciplines, and otolaryngology specialists are facing a radical change of their role and daily activities that will have severe impact on the return to the ordinary. In this paper, the COVID-19 Task Force of the Young Otolaryngologists of the Italian Society of Otolaryngology comment on the changes that occurred for otolaryngology in Italy during the pandemic with a special focus on the organizational rearrangement of Otolaryngology Units, including merges and closures that affected a significant portion of them; the reallocation of otolaryngology personnel, mainly to COVID-19 wards; the significant reduction of elective clinical and surgical activity, that was mainly limited to oncology and emergency procedures; and the execution of screening procedures for SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare providers and patients in otolaryngology units in Italy.
Impact of COVID-19 on otolaryngology in Italy: a commentary from the COVID-19 task force of the young otolaryngologists of the Italian Society of Otolaryngology / Ralli, Massimo; Mannelli, Giuditta; Bonali, Marco; Capasso, Pasquale; Guarino, Pierre; Iannini, Valeria; Mevio, Niccolò; Russo, Gennaro; Scarpa, Alfonso; Spinato, Giacomo; Topazio, Davide; Molteni, Gabriele. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 2284-0729. - (2020).
Impact of COVID-19 on otolaryngology in Italy: a commentary from the COVID-19 task force of the young otolaryngologists of the Italian Society of Otolaryngology
Massimo Ralli
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The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 is having a dramatic effect on most medical disciplines. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery is one of the most engaged disciplines, and otolaryngology specialists are facing a radical change of their role and daily activities that will have severe impact on the return to the ordinary. In this paper, the COVID-19 Task Force of the Young Otolaryngologists of the Italian Society of Otolaryngology comment on the changes that occurred for otolaryngology in Italy during the pandemic with a special focus on the organizational rearrangement of Otolaryngology Units, including merges and closures that affected a significant portion of them; the reallocation of otolaryngology personnel, mainly to COVID-19 wards; the significant reduction of elective clinical and surgical activity, that was mainly limited to oncology and emergency procedures; and the execution of screening procedures for SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare providers and patients in otolaryngology units in Italy.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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