This is a multi-centered, retrospective, observational study aimed at observing the current status of the management of gastrointestinal surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the changes on surgery protocols and other key aspects of surgical workflow, so as to share experience with colleagues both domestic and abroad.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
500
no intervention
treatment of fevers at arrival
proportion of patients presented with fever, proportion of patients refered to fever clinics, proportion of patients screened for COVID-19, method of screening (CT? nucleated acid test?)
Time frame: 1 day
treatment of post-operative fevers
proportion of patients on whom fever occured, proportion of patients screened for COVID-19, method of screening (CT? nucleated acid test?)
Time frame: 1 day
assorted surgical parameters
Duration of operation (≥180min/\<180min); Intra-operative transfusion (Y/N); Surgical approach (Laparoscopy-involved/Open); Resection range (Non-radical/Radical); Lymph node dissection (Unknown/Not dissected/D1/D2 or above); Combined organ resection (Y/N); Post-operative complications (Y/N); Post-operative transfusion (Y/N); Post-operative hospital stay (≥7d/\<7d)
Time frame: 1 day
hospitals' protection measures and extent of implementation
Out-patient of surgery (Open/Closed); Emergency of surgery (Open/Closed); Fever clinic (Open/Closed); Surgical ward (Open/Closed); Functional level of surgical ward (Receive emergency surgery patients only/Receive surgery patients only/Receive all kinds of patients); Isolation ward for suspected COVID-19 patients (With/Without); Bed number in each surgical ward room (1/2/≥3); Isolation area within surgical ward (With/Without); Usage of sub-pressure operation theaters (Routinely applied/Applied for suspected patients/Never applied); Protection level of surgeons in surgical ward (No specific protection/Regular medical masks/Any of N95 mask, eye/face shields, gowns); Protection level of surgeons in ER room (No specific protection/Regular medical masks/Any of N95 mask, eye shields, face shields, gowns)
Time frame: 1 month
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