Surgery during covid-19: co-producing patient resources. (17th September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Venn, Mary L; Weir, Carrie Tierney
• Is Part Of: BMJ. Volume 370(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-09-17
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m3466
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1447

Abstract

Abstract : Surgical patients are facing new territory. On the one hand they hear that elective surgery carries an increased risk of getting covid-19, on the other, that delaying surgery may cause problems, and that operations can be done safely when precautions are taken. In this article, Mary Venn, surgical research fellow, and Carrie Tierney Weir, a patient with inflammatory bowel disease, describe how their collaborative group, CovidSurg, has worked with patients to rapidly produce information resources about the risks of surgery during the pandemic.