Co-Operative Vascular Intervention Disease (COVID) Team of Greater Philadelphia

We established the Co-Operative Vascular Intervention Disease (COVID) Team of Greater Philadelphia because national guidelines may not apply to different geographic areas of the United States owing to varying penetrance of the virus. On April 10, 2020, a 10-question survey regarding issues and strategies dealing with COVID-19 was e-mailed to 58 vascular surgeons (VSs) in the Greater Philadelphia area. Fifty-four VSs in 18 surgical groups covering 28 hospitals responded. All groups accepted transfers because of continued availability of intensive care unit beds.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - June 15, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Keith D. Calligaro, Matthew J. Dougherty, Krystal Maloni, Kunal Vani, Douglas A. Troutman, Co-Operative Vascular Intervention Disease (COVID) Team of Greater Philadelphia Source Type: research