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

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

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2020.03.059

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

ŞENTÜRK N. M., El Tahan M. R., Szegedi L. L., Marczin N., Karzai W., Shelley B., ...More

JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA, vol.34, no.9, pp.2315-2327, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 34 Issue: 9
Publication Date: 2020
Doi Number: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.03.059
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE
Page Numbers: pp.2315-2327
Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: Yes

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. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.