@article{8fc186723fbe4429b8dae4257acafe6f,
title = "Adult Cardiac Surgery and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Aggressive Infection Mitigation Strategies Are Necessary in the Operating Room and Surgical Recovery",
abstract = "The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates aggressive infection mitigation strategies to reduce the risk to patients and healthcare providers. This document is intended to provide a framework for the adult cardiac surgeon to consider in this rapidly changing environment. Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative detailed protective measures are outlined. These are guidance recommendations during a pandemic surge to be used for all patients while local COVID-19 disease burden remains elevated.",
author = "{The Society of Thoracic Surgeons COVID-19 Task Force} and Engelman, {Daniel T.} and Sylvain Lother and Isaac George and Funk, {Duane J.} and Gorav Ailawadi and Pavan Atluri and Grant, {Michael C.} and Haft, {Jonathan W.} and Ansar Hassan and Legare, {Jean Francois} and Whitman, {Glenn J.R.} and Arora, {Rakesh C.}",
note = "Funding Information: Rakesh C. Arora has received an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer Canada Inc. Funding Information: Rakesh C. Arora has received an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer Canada Inc. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons requests that this article be cited as: Engelman DT, Lother S, George I, Funk DJ, Ailawadi G, Atluri P, Grant MC, Haft JW, Hassan A, Legare J-F, Whitman GJR, Arora RC, on behalf of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons COVID-19 Task Force. Adult Cardiac Surgery and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Aggressive Infection Mitigation Strategies Are Necessary in the Operating Room and Surgical Recovery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020;110:707-711. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.007",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "110",
pages = "707--711",
journal = "Annals of Thoracic Surgery",
issn = "0003-4975",
publisher = "Elsevier USA",
number = "2",
}