En época de COVID-19: ¿cómo las estrategias de recuperación avanzadas (STAR) pueden ayudar a dar soluciones a los pacientes oncológicos?
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2021-01-11
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago
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0717-6163
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Abstract
Background: SARS-CoV-2 hampered the resolution of multiple diseases,
including cancer. Aim: To show that a multidisciplinary program of Strategies
to Advance Recovery (STAR) can be implemented in a public hospital in Chile,
despite the global pandemic and state of a national catastrophe, to provide a
solution to cancer patients. Material and Methods: A retrospective descriptive
study, of patients requiring an elective resolution of a colorectal cancer.
Patients met the inclusion criteria, established in the STAR program. A total
of 24 perioperative interventions were performed in the protocol. Demographic
variables, days of hospitalization, complications, mortality, and readmissions
were described. Results: The 24 interventions of the protocol were successfully
implemented, although some partially. Sixteen patients aged 53 to 83 years (50%
women) were operated. The median length of hospitalization was four days
(range 2 to 9). Four complications were recorded, all were grade I or II according
to the Clavien-Dindo classification. Two patients were readmitted. There
were no reoperations or mortality. One patient was infected with coronavirus,
diagnosed at the time of readmission. Conclusions: The STAR protocol reduces
the length of hospital stay. In a pandemic context such as COVID-19 it becomes
a useful resource and can be implemented in cancer patients, as herein reported.
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Revista Médica de Chile. Vol. 149, N° 2 (2021) p. 203-209
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