Vol. 27 No. 6 (2020), Cilinical Note
Vol. 27 No. 6 (2020)

Adaptation of the chronic pain unit of the Hospital Complex from Vigo to the state of alarm due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Cilinical Note
Published 2021-01-27
Mónica Mayo Moldes
Hospital Meixoeiro
Teresa Fernández Rodríguez
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo
María Vieito Amor
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo
María Jesús Goberna Iglesias
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo
Alfonso Carregal Raño
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo
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Keywords

Telemedicine
COVID
SARS-CoV-2.

Abstract

COVID-19 infection is responsible for a pandemic. As a result, all outpatient procedures and patient visits to pain management services have been postponed or canceled. This has affected the care of the patient with chronic pain. In our pain management services we have tried to minimize those consequences.
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