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6. Tweet from @Surgeon_General, March 14, 2020. Twitter. 7. State of Florida, Office of the Governor, Executive Order EO 20-72. Emergency Management – Covid-19 – Nonessential Elective Medical Procedures. 8. Lei S., Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing surgeries during the incubation period of COVID-19 infection. EClinical Medicine. March 14, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/jeclinm.2020.200331 9. Christian MD. Triage. Crit Care Clin. 2019 Oct;35(4):575-589. 10. Biddison LD, Berkowitz KA, Courtney B, De Jong CM, Devereaux AV, Kissoon N, Roxland BE, Sprung CL, Dichter JR, Christian MD, Powell T; Ethical considerations: care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement. Task Force for Mass Critical Care. Chest. 2014 Oct;146(4 Suppl):e145S-55S. 11. Mansky R, Scher C. Thoracic trauma in military settings: a review of current practices and recommendations. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2019 Apr;32(2):227-233. 12. Strous RD, Gold A. Ethical lessions learned and to be learned from mass casualty events by terrorism. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2019 Apr;32(2):174-178. 13. Falzone E, et al. Triage in Military Settings. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2017 Feb;36(1):43-51. 14. Pou AM.Ethical and legal challenges in disaster medicine: are you ready?South Med J. 2013 Jan;106(1):27-30. 15. Pou AM. Hurricane Katrina and disaster preparedness. N Engl J Med. 2008 Apr 3;358(14):1524 16. Demmler GJ, Ligon BL. Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (SARS): a review of the history, epidemiology, prevention, and concerns for the future. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2003 Jul;14(3):240-244. 17. Vilar-Compte D, et al Chemaly RF. Influenza in patients with hematological malignancies: Experience at two comprehensive cancer centers. J Med Virol. 2018 Jan;90(1):50-60. 18. Azhar EI, et al. The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2019 Dec;33(4):891-905. 19. Hasan S, et al. Ebola virus: A global public health menace: A narrative review. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jul;8(7):2189-2201 20. Pottie K. Cancer in a time of Ebola. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2016 188 (10) 759-760. 21. Wang S, et al.Advances in addressing technical challenges of point of care diagnostics in resource-limited settings. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2016;16(4):449-59. 22. Bolkan HA, Bash-Taqi DA, Samai M, Gerdin M, von Schreeb J. Ebola and indirect effects on health service function in sierra leone. PLoS Curr 2014. 23. Day, A et al Head and neck oncology during the COVID-19 pandemic: Reconsidering traditional treatment paradigms in light of new surgical and other multilevel risks. Oral Oncol. 2020 Apr 6 : 104684.doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104684 [Epub ahead of print] 24. Yang Yang et al. Evaluating the accuracy of different respiratory specimens in the laboratory diagnosis and monitoring the viral shedding of 2019-nCoV infections https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.11.20021493 25. Schmitz JE, Tang YW. The GenMark ePlex®: another weapon in the syndromic arsenal for infection diagnosis. Future Microbiol 2018. 1697-1708. 26. Adams JA et al. Performance evaluation comparison of 3 commercially available PCR based KRAS mutation testing platforms. Appl Immunohistochem Mol MOrphol. 2014: 231-5. 27. Luiz P Kowalski, et al OVID-19 pandemic: effects and evidence-based recommendations for otolaryngology and head and neck surgery practice. ISSN: 1043-3074 , 1097-0347. 28. Ross SW et al. Maximizing the Calm Before the Storm: Tiered Surgical Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). JAm Coll Surg. 2020 29. Gall C, Wetzel R, Kolker A, Kanter RK, Toltzis P. Pediatric Triage in a Severe Pandemic:Maximizing Survival by Establishing Triage Thresholds. Crit Care Med. 2016 Sep;44(9):1762-8. 30. Kanter RK. Would Triage Predictors Perform Better Than First Come First Served in Pandemic Ventilator Allocation? Chest 2015. 147(1):102-108. 31. Resource for Management Options of Melanoma During COVID-19, Society of Surgical Oncolog, March 30, 2020. https://www.surgonc.or/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Melanoma-Resourc-during-COVID-19-3.30.20.pdf 32. Civantos AM et al. Care of Immunocompromised Patients with Head and Neck Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Two Challenging and Informative Clinical Cases. Head Neck. 2020 Apr 16. doi: 10.1002/hed.26165. [Epub ahead of print] 33. Givi G et al. Safety Recommendations for Evaluation and Surgery of the Head and Neck During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2020 Mar 31. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.0780. [Epub ahead of print] 34. Prachand VN et al. Medically-Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: A Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarciyt and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.04.011

6. Tweet from @Surgeon_General, March 14, 2020. Twitter. 7. State of Florida, Office of the Governor, Executive Order EO 20-72. Emergency Management – Covid-19 – Nonessential Elective Medical Procedures. 8. Lei S., Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing surgeries during the incubation period of COVID-19 infection. EClinical Medicine. March 14, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/jeclinm.2020.200331 9. Christian MD. Triage. Crit Care Clin. 2019 Oct;35(4):575-589. 10. Biddison LD, Berkowitz KA, Courtney B, De Jong CM, Devereaux AV, Kissoon N, Roxland BE, Sprung CL, Dichter JR, Christian MD, Powell T; Ethical considerations: care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement. Task Force for Mass Critical Care. Chest. 2014 Oct;146(4 Suppl):e145S-55S. 11. Mansky R, Scher C. Thoracic trauma in military settings: a review of current practices and recommendations. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2019 Apr;32(2):227-233. 12. Strous RD, Gold A. Ethical lessions learned and to be learned from mass casualty events by terrorism. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2019 Apr;32(2):174-178. 13. Falzone E, et al. Triage in Military Settings. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2017 Feb;36(1):43-51. 14. Pou AM.Ethical and legal challenges in disaster medicine: are you ready?South Med J. 2013 Jan;106(1):27-30. 15. Pou AM. Hurricane Katrina and disaster preparedness. N Engl J Med. 2008 Apr 3;358(14):1524 16. Demmler GJ, Ligon BL. Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (SARS): a review of the history, epidemiology, prevention, and concerns for the future. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2003 Jul;14(3):240-244. 17. Vilar-Compte D, et al Chemaly RF. Influenza in patients with hematological malignancies: Experience at two comprehensive cancer centers. J Med Virol. 2018 Jan;90(1):50-60. 18. Azhar EI, et al. The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2019 Dec;33(4):891-905. 19. Hasan S, et al. Ebola virus: A global public health menace: A narrative review. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jul;8(7):2189-2201 20. Pottie K. Cancer in a time of Ebola. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2016 188 (10) 759-760. 21. Wang S, et al.Advances in addressing technical challenges of point of care diagnostics in resource-limited settings. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2016;16(4):449-59. 22. Bolkan HA, Bash-Taqi DA, Samai M, Gerdin M, von Schreeb J. Ebola and indirect effects on health service function in sierra leone. PLoS Curr 2014. 23. Day, A et al Head and neck oncology during the COVID-19 pandemic: Reconsidering traditional treatment paradigms in light of new surgical and other multilevel risks. Oral Oncol. 2020 Apr 6 : 104684.doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104684 [Epub ahead of print] 24. Yang Yang et al. Evaluating the accuracy of different respiratory specimens in the laboratory diagnosis and monitoring the viral shedding of 2019-nCoV infections https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.11.20021493 25. Schmitz JE, Tang YW. The GenMark ePlex®: another weapon in the syndromic arsenal for infection diagnosis. Future Microbiol 2018. 1697-1708. 26. Adams JA et al. Performance evaluation comparison of 3 commercially available PCR based KRAS mutation testing platforms. Appl Immunohistochem Mol MOrphol. 2014: 231-5. 27. Luiz P Kowalski, et al OVID-19 pandemic: effects and evidence-based recommendations for otolaryngology and head and neck surgery practice. ISSN: 1043-3074 , 1097-0347. 28. Ross SW et al. Maximizing the Calm Before the Storm: Tiered Surgical Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). JAm Coll Surg. 2020 29. Gall C, Wetzel R, Kolker A, Kanter RK, Toltzis P. Pediatric Triage in a Severe Pandemic:Maximizing Survival by Establishing Triage Thresholds. Crit Care Med. 2016 Sep;44(9):1762-8. 30. Kanter RK. Would Triage Predictors Perform Better Than First Come First Served in Pandemic Ventilator Allocation? Chest 2015. 147(1):102-108. 31. Resource for Management Options of Melanoma During COVID-19, Society of Surgical Oncolog, March 30, 2020. https://www.surgonc.or/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Melanoma-Resourc-during-COVID-19-3.30.20.pdf 32. Civantos AM et al. Care of Immunocompromised Patients with Head and Neck Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Two Challenging and Informative Clinical Cases. Head Neck. 2020 Apr 16. doi: 10.1002/hed.26165. [Epub ahead of print] 33. Givi G et al. Safety Recommendations for Evaluation and Surgery of the Head and Neck During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2020 Mar 31. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.0780. [Epub ahead of print] 34. Prachand VN et al. Medically-Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: A Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarciyt and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.04.011