Anesthesia Management and Perioperative Infection Control in Patients With the Novel Coronavirus.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
; 35(5): 1503-1508, 2021 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-17607
ABSTRACT
Anesthesiologists have a high risk of infection with COVID-19 during perioperative care and as first responders to airway emergencies. The potential of becoming infected can be reduced by a systematic and integrated approach that assesses infection risk. The latter leads to an acceptable choice of materials and techniques for personal protection and prevention of cross-contamination to other patients and staff. The authors have presented a protocolized approach that uses diagnostic criteria to clearly define benchmarks from the medical history along with clinical symptoms and laboratory tests. Patients can then be rapidly assigned into 1 of 3 risk categories that direct the choice of protective materials and/or techniques. Each hospital can adapt this approach to develop a system that fits its individual resources. Educating medical staff about the proper use of high-risk areas for containment serves to protect staff and patients.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Infection Control
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COVID-19
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Anesthesia
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
Journal subject:
Anesthesiology
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Cardiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.jvca.2020.03.035
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