4th Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
J BUON. 2021 Mar-Apr;26(2):303-305.
COVID-19 pandemic has obviously affected patients' behavior towards seeking medical help as well as physicians' decision in the management of emergencies. Our recent experience as surgeons at a COVID-19 referral hospital revealed cases which share an alerting characteristic: the delay in appropriate management. Unfortunately for COVID-19 negative patients a "coronacentric" health system has been adopted. In view of measures applied to avoid spread of the disease, a significant delay in patients' presentation as well as in their in-hospital management is observed. We present cases where delay in appropriate management affected the patients' outcome and underline the fact that balancing between COVID-19 safety measures and a patient who needs urgent treatment can be very challenging and stressful.
新冠疫情大流行显然影响了患者寻求医疗帮助的行为，以及医生在急症管理方面的决策。作为一家新冠病毒定点医院的外科医生，我们最近的经验揭示了一些具有警示性特征的病例：处理不及时。不幸的是，对于新冠病毒检测阴性的患者，采用了一种以新冠病毒为中心的医疗体系。考虑到为避免疾病传播而采取的措施，患者就诊和院内管理都出现了显著延迟。我们呈现了一些因处理不及时而影响患者结局的病例，并强调了在新冠病毒安全措施和需要紧急治疗的患者之间取得平衡可能极具挑战性和压力。
