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Introducción: En diciembre del año 2019, una serie de casos de neumonía surgieron en Wuhan, Hubei, China; el 11 de marzo de 2020 se identifica el primer caso en Cuba. El SARS-CoV-2 se transmite rápidamente con consecuencias nefastas para la población y constituye actualmente una pandemia. Las técnicas avanzadas para manejo de vía aérea son propias de anestesiólogos e intensivistas, estas complejas y requieren de elementos y dispositivos que no se encuentran generalmente fuera del ámbito de quirófano. Objetivo: Describir la conducta anestesiológica ante pacientes anunciados para procedimientos quirúrgicos de urgencias o emergencia, con sospecha o confirmación de estar infectado por la COVID-19, durante el perioperatorio. Métodos: Se realizó una revisión de artículos referentes a conductas y estrategias a seguir en pacientes con sospecha/confirmación de la enfermedad COVID-19, tales como: preparación y limpieza del quirófano, consideraciones anestésicas, manejo de la vía aérea y las medidas y equipos de protección necesarias para el personal anestésico-quirúrgico. Desarrollo: La Organización Mundial de la Salud y organizaciones sanitarias recomiendan adoptar en todos estos enfermos de forma rutinaria, una serie de indicaciones descritas en el presente artículo. Conclusiones: Se requiere de entrenamiento y actualización continua por parte del personal médico y paramédico. Los especialistas involucrados en el manejo de la vía área deben disponer de algoritmos locales y del material necesario para garantizar una atención perioperatoria de calidad(AU)
Introduction: In December 2019, a series of pneumonia cases appeared in Wuhan, Hubei, China. On March 11, 2020, the first case in Cuba was identified. SARS-CoV-2 spreads rapidly, with fatal consequences for the population, and is currently a pandemic. The advanced techniques for the management of the airways are typical of anesthesiologists and intensivists. These are complex and require elements and devices not generally found outside the operating room. Objective: To describe the anesthesiological behavior in patients announced for emergency surgical procedures and with suspicion or confirmation of being affected by COVID-19, during the perioperative period. Methods: A review of articles referring to behaviors and strategies to follow in patients with suspicion/confirmation of COVID-19 disease was carried out; for example, preparation and cleaning of the operating room, anesthetic considerations, management of the airway, as well as the safety measures and the equipment necessary for the anesthetic-surgical personnel. Development: The World Health Organization and other health organizations recommend that a series of indications described in this article be adopted routinely in all these patients. Conclusions: Continuous training and updating is required by medical and paramedical personnel. The specialists involved in the management of the airways must have local algorithms and the materials necessary to guarantee quality perioperative care(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Coronavirus Infections/surgery , Perioperative Care/education , Perioperative Care/methods , Airway Management/methods , Anesthesiologists , Anesthesia Department, Hospital/ethics , Algorithms , Coronavirus Infections/transmissionABSTRACT
Obtaining anesthesia informed consent for a series of repetitive debridements in burn-injured patients requires a significant time investment for anesthesiologists and patient families. A single consent form was introduced that covered multiple related anesthetics in burn patients. The number of consents per patient before and after implementation was analyzed using Welch ANOVA; Tukey-Kramer post hoc test, with 99% confidence intervals for mean differences was used to examine pairwise comparisons. The mean number of consents per patient was 4.5 ± 2.8 and 1.6 ± 0.51 (P < 0.001) before (2010) and after implementation (2013), respectively. The Multiple Related Anesthetics Consent Form in this population resulted in less time spent by anesthesia providers in obtaining consent for patients undergoing multiple related procedures while providing patient- and family-centric care.
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Anesthesia Department, Hospital/ethics , Anesthesia/ethics , Burns/surgery , Consent Forms/ethics , Debridement , Informed Consent/ethics , Anesthesia/adverse effects , Anesthesia Department, Hospital/organization & administration , Consent Forms/organization & administration , Humans , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling , Reoperation , Retrospective Studies , Risk Assessment , Risk Factors , Third-Party Consent/ethics , Time Factors , Workflow , WorkloadABSTRACT
A surgeon, Dr A. Droit, has been following a 97-year-old male with a type IV thoracoabdominal aneurysm, which became symptomatic this morning and is leaking. The patient is frail but active with no important comorbidities. The anatomy demands an open procedure. The patient is a former renowned physician who has been a longtime family friend of Dr Droit-like a grandfather. He presented incoherent with sagging blood pressure. A complicating factor is that Dr D. Rag, the chief anesthesiologist, decided that neither he nor any of his staff would provide anesthesia. Dr Droit knows an anesthesiologist who handles high-risk patients at another hospital in the medical center. The patient has worsened over the last hour, is becoming more unstable, and is unable to respond but his wife wishes to consent for surgery. What should Dr Droit do?
