How to Adapt Anesthetic Human Resources to Health Emergencies Such as the COVID-19 Outbreak: Replacing a Pre-anesthetic Consultation With a Questionnaire in a University Obstetric Unit

Emilie Boussac; Charlene Gery; David Desseauve

doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.770199

Frontiers in Medicine (May 2022)

How to Adapt Anesthetic Human Resources to Health Emergencies Such as the COVID-19 Outbreak: Replacing a Pre-anesthetic Consultation With a Questionnaire in a University Obstetric Unit

Emilie Boussac,
Charlene Gery,
David Desseauve

Affiliations

Emilie Boussac: Department of Surgical and Anesthesiology Services, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
Charlene Gery: Department “Woman-Mother-Child”, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
David Desseauve: Department “Woman-Mother-Child”, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.770199
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9

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To manage referrals to the pre-anesthetic consultation during the COVID-19 pandemic, a screening questionnaire was created and sent to parturients with anesthetic risk during the pre-anesthetic consultation. This innovative approach enabled the redistribution of medical anesthetic resources in units that were heavily affected by the pandemic.

Published in Frontiers in Medicine

ISSN: 2296-858X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine

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