TY - JOUR AU - De Simone, Belinda AU - Chouillard, Elie AU - Sartelli, Massimo AU - Biffl, Walter L. AU - Di Saverio, Salomone AU - Moore, Ernest E. AU - Kluger, Yoram AU - Abu-Zidan, Fikri M. AU - Ansaloni, Luca AU - Coccolini, Federico AU - Leppänemi, Ari AU - Peitzmann, Andrew B. AU - Pagani, Leonardo AU - Fraga, Gustavo P. AU - Paolillo, Ciro AU - Picetti, Edoardo AU - Valentino, Massimo AU - Pikoulis, Emmanouil AU - Baiocchi, Gian Luca AU - Catena, Fausto PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/22 TI - The management of surgical patients in the emergency setting during COVID-19 pandemic: the WSES position paper JO - World Journal of Emergency Surgery SP - 14 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Since the COVID-19 pandemic has occurred, nations showed their unpreparedness to deal with a mass casualty incident of this proportion and severity, which resulted in a tremendous number of deaths even among healthcare workers. The World Society of Emergency Surgery conceived this position paper with the purpose of providing evidence-based recommendations for the management of emergency surgical patients under COVID-19 pandemic for the safety of the patient and healthcare workers. SN - 1749-7922 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-021-00349-0 DO - 10.1186/s13017-021-00349-0 ID - De Simone2021 ER -