Maintaining elective surgery capacity while freeing up resuscitation capacity: the challenge of COVID-19 epidemic resumption

Elective Surgery Guidelines During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Current Literature Review

Background: The primary purpose of this literature review is to investigate different views of elective surgery management during the COVID-19 pandemic. In other words, the guidelines about diseases prevention and their proper management during performing elective surgeries have been reviewed. Materials and Methods: Current articles related to COVID-19 and practicing elective surgeries in diff...

Psychosocial Problems During the COVID-19 Epidemic Crisis

Surgical Practice in the Shadow of COVID-19 Outbreak

  Background: COVID-19 epidemic rapidly spread all around the world with over 1500 thousand infected cases and95000 deaths. This rapid pandemic may overwhelm health care capacity and shortage of resources is a major concern.Literature provided guidelines on management of COVID-19 patients but healthcare service to the normal populationshould be continued meanwhile. Health sys...

Challenges of Iranian Environmental Health during the COVID-19 Epidemic: Lessons for the Future

Emerging and communicable infectious diseases are one of the major public health challenges that adherence to the principles of primary health care can prevent the rising of morbidity and mortality in communities. This study investigates the environmental health challenges of Iran in Covid-19 epidemic as an emerging infectious disease. Insufficient readiness of the health system, delays in qua...

Psychological dimensions of the parent-child relationship in the Covid-19 epidemic: A review study

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic virus, in addition to its wide-ranging changes at various levels, has specifically led to changes at the family level and has had a significant impact on many parents and their relationship with their children around the world. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the consequences, psychological dimensions, risk factors, and protective factors in ...