Response of Chinese Anesthesiologists to the COVID-19 Outbreak.
Anesthesiology
; 132(6): 1333-1338, 2020 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-960598
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease 2019, named COVID-19 officially by the World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland) on February 12, 2020, has spread at unprecedented speed. After the first outbreak in Wuhan, China, Chinese anesthesiologists encountered increasing numbers of infected patients since December 2019. Because the main route of transmission is via respiratory droplets and close contact, anesthesia providers are at a high risk when responding to the devastating mass emergency. So far, actions have been taken including but not limited to nationwide actions and online education regarding special procedures of airway management, oxygen therapy, ventilation support, hemodynamic management, sedation, and analgesia. As the epidemic situation has lasted for months (thus far), special platforms have also been set up to provide free mental health care to all anesthesia providers participating in acute and critical caring for COVID-19 patients. The current article documents the actions taken, lesson learned, and future work needed.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Infection Control
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Coronavirus Infections
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Disease Transmission, Infectious
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Pandemics
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Anesthesiology
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Anesthesiology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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