From the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State Health, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas.
Anesth Analg. 2020 Jul;131(1):31-36. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004847.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has now become a global pandemic. This has led the United States to declare a national emergency and resulted in a ban on all elective diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as well as elective surgery in inpatient and outpatient settings. Ambulatory surgery facilities (ASF) that perform only elective procedures are thus likely to be closed. However, these facilities may be able to assist acute care hospitals as essential (urgent and emergent) surgeries and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures will still need to be performed. The aim of this article is to explore the potential contribution of ASFs in the current health care crisis. It is important to understand that COVID-19-related information is continually evolving, and thus, the discussion provided here is subject to change.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）现已成为全球大流行疾病。这导致美国宣布进入全国紧急状态，并禁止在住院和门诊环境中进行所有选择性诊断和治疗程序以及择期手术。仅进行选择性手术的非住院手术设施（ASF）可能因此关闭。然而，这些设施可能能够协助急症护理医院进行必要的（紧急和紧急）手术和诊断及治疗程序。本文的目的是探讨 ASFs 在当前卫生保健危机中的潜在作用。了解到 COVID-19 相关信息正在不断发展，因此，这里提供的讨论可能会发生变化是很重要的。
