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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0034-7531</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Pediatría]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Pediatr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7531</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0034-75312020000500029</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La cirugía pediátrica cubana ante la COVID-19: repercusión y enfrentamiento]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cuban pediatric surgery facing COVID-19: impacts and confrontations]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villamil Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ramón]]></given-names>
</name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A a"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez Guirado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Sabín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel Antonio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muñoz Álvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Amarilys]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico Universitario &#8220;William Soler&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Sociedad Cubana de Cirugía Pediátrica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Grupo Nacional de Cirugía Pediátrica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Docente "Paquito González Cueto"  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cienfuegos ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico Universitario &#8220;William Soler&#8221; Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>92</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-75312020000500029&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-75312020000500029&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-75312020000500029&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La COVID-19 tiene un impacto significativo en la salud pública a nivel internacional y nacional, por tanto, en la cirugía pediátrica. En Cuba, el Ministerio de Salud Pública ha implementado un protocolo para enfrentar esta contingencia. Como un complemento de este protocolo nacional, la cirugía pediátrica cubana ha pautado las Particularidades en la atención del paciente quirúrgico pediátrico, con el objetivo de presentar un análisis del impacto que ha tenido la COVID-19 en la especialidad, así como de las acciones de enfrentamiento que se acometen a corto, mediano y largo plazo, herramientas técnicas necesarias para realizar el trabajo de la cirugía pediátrica y otras especialidades afines en este contexto epidemiológico. La repercusión de la COVID-19 en la cirugía pediátrica para los pacientes, familiares, cirujanos y residentes de la especialidad no solo se pone de manifiesto ahora, sino que también tendrá consecuencias posteriores, razones por la que se trazan estrategias y acciones concretas, de las cuales algunas ya se han puesto en práctica y se han publicado. En general, la COVID-19 ha producido una verdadera crisis sanitaria sin precedentes que tiene y tendrá un negativo impacto biológico, psicológico y social en pacientes, familiares y la comunidad, no solo en el momento actual sino en el futuro. La cirugía pediátrica cubana sufre afectaciones, pero se toman previsiones, se aprenden lecciones y se implementan nuevos métodos que harán mejor la práctica asistencial y docente en el futuro.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT COVID-19 has a significative impact in public health at the national and international levels, and as a consequence in pediatric surgery. In Cuba, the Ministry of Public Health has implemented a protocol to face this contingency. As a complement of this national protocol, Cuban pediatric surgery as specialty has provided guidelines called Special features in the care of pediatric surgical patients, with the aim of presenting an analysis of the impact that COVID-19 has had in this specialty, as well as the confrontation actions that are being carried out in the short, medium and long terms, technical tools needed to perform the pediatric surgery work and in other related specialties in this epidemiological context. The impact of COVID-19 in pediatric surgery for patients, relatives, surgeons and residents of the specialty is not only manifesting now but it will have further consequences; so, there are strategies and concret actions being created, from which some has been already implemented and published. In general terms, COVID-19 has actually produced an unprecedented sanitary crisis that has and will have a negative biological, psychologic and social impact in patients, relatives and communities, not only in this moment but in the future times. Cuban pediatric surgery suffers affectations, but provisions have been taken, lessons are learned and new methods have been implemented that will make the care and teaching practices better in the future.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cirugía pediátrica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[protocolo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pediatric surgery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[protocol]]></kwd>
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