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Published in: Obesity Surgery 9/2020

01-09-2020 | Obesity | Letter to the Editor

COVID-19 and Obesity—the Management of Pre- and Post-bariatric Patients Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Charleen Yeo, Saleem Ahmed, Aung Myint Oo, Aaryan Koura, Kaushal Sanghvi, Danson Yeo

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 9/2020

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020. Since then, countries and hospitals worldwide have been diverting precious healthcare resources towards the management of COVID-19 patients. …
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Metadata
Title
COVID-19 and Obesity—the Management of Pre- and Post-bariatric Patients Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors
Charleen Yeo
Saleem Ahmed
Aung Myint Oo
Aaryan Koura
Kaushal Sanghvi
Danson Yeo
Publication date
01-09-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04670-6

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