COVID-19 Information for Paediatric Surgeons
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Last updated 2nd October 2020
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General Information
- COVID-19 Clinical Information Sharing Group
We have created a COVID-19 Clinical Information Sharing Group on our membership portal. You will need to be signed-in to access it:
- Pediatric Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Survey of Current Practice
- Journal of Pediatric Surgery : response to COVID-19
- Clinical guide for the management of paediatric patients during the coronavirus pandemic
- Use of Ibuprofen and other NSAIDs with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 disease
- Government guidance for the public
- WHO information on COVID-19
- GMC information on support for doctors deployed to other clinical areas
- Association of Anaesthetists webinar on what was known about COVID-19 (14 March)
- Report on measures of COVID-19 prevention and treatment taken in China
China Handbook of COVID Treatment and Prevention
- Information for home parenteral nutrition patients from the NHS (updated 27 March)
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- Therapeutics
- Royal Society of Medicine COVID-19 Learning Hub
Operative Guidance
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National guidance for the recovery of elective surgery in children
- National time standards for management of non Urological Paed Surgical Conditions
- RCOA – Restarting planned surgery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
- BAPES statement on use of MIS
- Joint JAG statement on advice for endoscopy teams
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- BSPGHAN/JAG statement on use of PPE in endoscopy
- Joint Royal College Statement on surgical practice (updated 3 April)
- Clinical guide to surgical prioritisation during the coronavirus pandemic 11 April 2020 Version 1
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Clinical Subspecialty Guidance
- Cancer Surgery Priority Setting During COVID-19 Outbreak
- NHS England Specialty Guides
Guidance for LMICs
GICS have compiled information covering:
Research and Data Collection on COVID-19
- COVID-19 in Children
NHS England would like to collect data on all UK children (<18 years) admitted to hospital with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
S Kenny Letter for Paediatricians
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Pathway for COVID-19 (PIMS-TS)
- COVID-19 Associated Hyperinflammatory syndrome
Prof Davenport reports on emerging evidence of a new COVID-19 association in children with Gastrointestinal symptoms (abdominal pain, vomiting, pain on swallowing & diarrhoea), shock and cardiopathy mimicking surgical pathology:
South Thames Paediatric Network Presentation
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Safeguarding children’s right to health in hospital during COVID-19
- CovidSurg
There is an urgent need to understand the outcomes of COVID-19 infected patients who undergo surgery.
- ESPGHAN Patient registry for IBD patients on immunosuppression
- UK Symptom Tracker
Allows people to self report symptoms and is available as an app. Go to  for more information and to download.
- Children with AppendicitiS during the CoronAvirus panDEmic (CASCADE)
Remote Medicine Guidance
Guidance for Training
- Link to Health Education England’s Statement on training
COVID-19 and plans for management of medical and dental training programmes
- COVID-19 and Trainee Progression in 2020 (update V1) – 1 October 2020
COVID19_JCST Statement_update VI_ 1 October 2020
How to run a webinar
Support and self-care
- The RCPSG’s
Tips from people working in healthcare on how we can take care of ourselves and each other
- Russ Harris, author of the Happiness Trap sets out his strategy for coping:
FACE COVID – by Russ Harris pdf
Russ Harris also gets referred to in the recent King’s College Hospital, Professor John Price Symposium 2020 presentations on pastoral care:
Pastoral Care for You and Your Colleagues during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Confidential Support and Advice Service – Helpline — Royal College of Surgeons
https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/careers-in-surgery/csas/