COVID-19 Information for Paediatric Surgeons

This page will be kept up to date. If we have missed any information or you spot anything which has been updated please contact the office.

Last updated 2nd October 2020

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:

https://members.baps.org.uk/members/member_engagement/groups.aspx?id=227677

• Pediatric Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Survey of Current Practice

EJPS_205286oa

• Journal of Pediatric Surgery : response to COVID-19

COVID Pre Proof JPS PDF

• Clinical guide for the management of paediatric patients during the coronavirus pandemic

Specialty guide paediatrics and coronavirus_V1_17 March

• Use of Ibuprofen and other NSAIDs with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 disease

NSAIDs in Covid

• Government guidance for the public

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

• WHO information on COVID-19

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

• GMC information on support for doctors deployed to other clinical areas

https://www.gmc-uk.org/news/news-archive/supporting-doctors-in-the-event-of-a-covid19-epidemic-in-the-uk

• Association of Anaesthetists webinar on what was known about COVID-19 (14 March)

View webinar

• 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)

C0106 HPN COVID patient information_UPDATED_27 March

• Therapeutics

RCPCH research evidence summary – Therapeutics

• Royal Society of Medicine COVID-19 Learning Hub

https://www.rsm.ac.uk/resources/covid-19-learning-hub/

Operative Guidance

• RCOA – Restarting planned surgery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e6613a1dc75b87df82b78e1/t/5eac2a173d65cd27933fca88/1588341272367/Restarting-Planned-Surgery.pdf

• BAPES statement on use of MIS

BAPES guidance on laparoscopy/thoracoscopy in the context of COVID-19

• Joint JAG statement on advice for endoscopy teams

Advice-for-Endoscopy-Teams-during-COVID-ver-2-4-published-22032020FINAL-1

• BSPGHAN/JAG statement on use of PPE in endoscopy

https://bspghan.org.uk/bsg-jag-statement-on-personal-protective-equipment-ppe

• Joint Royal College Statement on surgical practice (updated 3 April)

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/standards-and-research/standards-and-guidance/good-practice-guides/coronavirus/covid-19-good-practice-for-surgeons-and-surgical-teams/

• Clinical guide to surgical prioritisation during the coronavirus pandemic 11 April 2020 Version 1

C0221-specialty-guide-surgical-prioritisation-v1

Clinical Subspecialty Guidance

• Cancer Surgery Priority Setting During COVID-19 Outbreak

https://www.cclg.org.uk/news/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-children-and-young-people-with-cancer-undergoing-treatment

• NHS England Specialty Guides

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/secondary-care/other-resources/specialty-guides/

Guidance for LMICs

GICS have compiled information covering:

• Diagnosis and epidemiology
• Infrastructure
• COVID-19 in LMICs and low-resource settings
• Treatment
• Surgery and anesthesia during the pandemic
• Care of the health care provider

https://www.globalchildrenssurgery.org/gics-network/covid-19-resources/

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

https://www.covidinchildren.co.uk/

• Pathway for  COVID-19 (PIMS-TS)

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30304-7/fulltext

• 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:

COVID-19 Associated Hyperinflammatory syndrome

South Thames Paediatric Network Presentation

Paediatric Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome

• Safeguarding children’s right to health in hospital during COVID-19

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30300-X/fulltext

• CovidSurg

There is an urgent need to understand the outcomes of COVID-19 infected patients who undergo surgery.

https://globalsurg.org/covidsurg/

• ESPGHAN Patient registry for IBD patients on immunosuppression

https://research.szmc.org.il/redcap/surveys/?s=FP38CNWRLE

• UK Symptom Tracker

Allows people to self report symptoms and is available as an app. Go to covid.joinzoe.com for more information and to download.

Remote Medicine Guidance

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0044-Specialty-Guide-Virtual-Working-and-Coronavirus-27-March-20.pdf

https://www.gmc-uk.org/ethical-guidance/ethical-hub/remote-consultations

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/1/e009388

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

https://www.learnupon.com/blog/how-to-run-elearning-webinar/

www.convinceandconvert.com/digital-marketing/create-a-webinar/amp/

Support and self-care

• The RCPSG’s THE LITTLE BOOK OF Wellbeing

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/