Thoracic Anesthesia of Patients With Suspected or Confirmed 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection: Preliminary Recommendations for Airway Management by the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology Thoracic Subspecialty Committee

Mert Şentürk, Mohamed R. El Tahan, Laszlo L. Szegedi, Nandor Marczin, Waheedullah Karzai, Ben Shelley, Federico Piccioni, Manuel Granell Gil, Steffen Rex, Massimiliano Sorbello, Johan Bence, Edmond Cohen, Guido Di Gregorio, Izumi Kawagoe, Mojca Drnovšek Globokar, Maria José Jimenez, Marc Joseph Licker, Jo Mourisse, Chirojit Mukherjee, Ricard NavarroVojislava Neskovic, Balazs Paloczi, Gianluca Paternoster, Paolo Pelosi, Ahmed Salaheldeen, Radu Stoica, Carmen Unzueta, Caroline Vanpeteghem, Tamas Vegh, Patrick Wouters, Davud Yapici, Fabio Guarracino

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Abstract

The novel coronavirus has caused a pandemic around the world. Management of patients with suspected or confirmed coronavirus infection who have to undergo thoracic surgery will be a challenge for the anesthesiologists. The thoracic subspecialty committee of European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology (EACTA) has conducted a survey of opinion in order to create recommendations for the anesthetic approach to these challenging patients. It should be emphasized that both the management of the infected patient with COVID-19 and the self-protection of the anesthesia team constitute a complicated challenge. The text focuses therefore on both important topics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2315-2327
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume34
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2020

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • coronavirus
  • lung separation
  • personal protective equipment
  • thoracic anesthesia

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