Table 2.
Twitter Pollsa
Crowd-Sourced Topics | Poll Question | Respondents, No. |
---|---|---|
Demographics | Geographic location | 32 |
Career/training status | 25 | |
Triaging patients during the pandemic | Ambulatory clinic | 60 |
Delayed surgical management of early staged lung cancer | 35 | |
Diversion of early staged lung cancer patients to other modalities | 24 | |
Appropriateness of heart/lung transplantations | 113 | |
Management of left main coronary artery disease | 32 | |
Management of symptomatic severe valvular disease | 41 | |
Management of symptomatic severe aortic aneurysmal disease | 37 | |
Surgical education | Impact on residency, fellowship, and job interviews | 34 |
Impact on licensing examinations | 21 | |
Preferred approach to licensing examinations | 18 | |
Impact on didactic sessions | 35 | |
Impact on clinical/operative educational experiences | 32 | |
Limited resources | Availability of PPE | 34 |
Policies surrounding use of PPE | 49 | |
N95 respirator use recommendations | 94 | |
Types of aerosolizing procedures | 39 | |
Preoperative COVID-19 testing | 38 | |
Availability of hospital resources | 32 | |
Ventilatory strategies | 19 | |
Keeping family and home safe | Changes to living space | 26 |
Plans for self-isolation | 68 | |
Format of TSSMN chat | Usefulness of chat | 13 |
COVID-19, novel coronavirus disease 2019; PPE, personal protective equipment; TSSMN, Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network.
Full responses to the Twitter polls are available at the following link: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1244659611166097414.html.