JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA, cilt.34, sa.9, ss.2315-2327, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)
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. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.