The American College of Surgeons (ACS) provides the following guidance for trauma medical directors. The intent of this document is to advise trauma medical directors and trauma program managers on...

Here you can find all the recommendations the AEC has been publishing last weeks, translated to English. If you prefer to visit the website to see all the upadates, click here. 

In light of the challenges faced at this time by the surge of COVID-19 patients in New York City and likely to follow in many other U.S. cities, we call for strategies to preserve capacity and capa...

For your safety, and to ensure that resources, hospital beds, and equipment are available to patients critically ill with COVID-19, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the U.S. Centers for D...

In response to the rapidly evolving challenges faced by hospitals related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, and broad calls to curtail “elective” surgical procedures, the America...

AEC guidelines for oncological esophagus-gastric surgery during COVID-19 disease. 

A decision tree algorithm describing institutional guidelines for precautions for operating room team members was created. This algorithm is based on urgency of operation, anticipated viral burde...

The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) have issued a Position Paper, providing recommendat...

Sociedad Española de Cirugía Maxilofacial y de Cabeza y Cuello for tracheotomy procedures to COVID-19 patients. 

Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor guidelines for intubation. 

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has additional comments on thi COVID-19 disease. Following a careful review of the current situation, we recommend the following: