The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) has published a new method for Smoke Evacuation during laparoscopic procedures in patients that could have the Coronavirus disease. This method ensures safety for all professionals in the operating room.

Palliative care services are under-resourced at the best of times. The 2017 Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Relief described the widespread lack of access to inexpensive and effective interventions as a travesty of justice. And these are not the best of times. As health systems become strained under COVID-19, providing safe and effective palliative care, including end-of-life care, becomes especially vital and especially difficult.

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This document provides recommendations to limit those medical services that could be deferred, such as non-emergent, elective treatment, and preventive medical services for patients of all ages. 

The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), together with the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) have published a list of resources with some safe gas evacuation techniques to use during the Covid-19 Pandemic. It is constantly updated with the improvements they find out. 
Click here to visit the guidelines. 

Learn how to use a Dräger Carina Ventilator with this patient case video!
Another patient case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sGFXxjtkMIPreparation and start-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSgFu8YchD0System check: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyQb5Ig5QXQ

The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional Techniques (EAES) posted general guidelines about urgent surgical care. They are an English summary of all the recommendations that the Spanish Association of Surgeons (AEC) has been publishing last weeks. There, you can find the original documents attached. Click here for the guidelines. 

Here you can find the statements that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided to the Government of the district of Columbia with some recommendations to attend pregnant women and manage all the Obstetric Departments.

Mobilize medical resources for COVID-19 patients | Dr. Zhu

Panel discussion about Perspectives of the frontline fighting against COVID-19. 

Dr. Zhu, Dr. Kai and Dr. Fan exchange their experience with Dr. Ji Chen as moderator. 

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is updating twice-weekly this website where you can find different guidelines on how to chose which procedures should be curtailed. In this regard, they continue to recommend that surgeons curtail the performance of “elective” surgical procedures. 
In the list below, you will find recommendations for each specific specialty: 
Cancer Surgery

Breast Cancer Surgery

Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Thoracic Cancer Surgery

Emergency...

The Spanish Surgeons Association (AEC) published this file with recommendations on how to manage patients with Covid-19 during a surgery that cannot be postponed. The publication is in Spanish only. 

The National Healthcare System from UK (NHS) published a guidance about how to design and manage new spaces to attend Covid-19 intubated patients.