In-hospital airway management of COVID-19 patients

Elise H. Sullivan; Lauren E. Gibson; Lorenzo Berra; Marvin G. Chang; Edward A. Bittner

doi:10.1186/s13054-020-03018-x

Critical Care (Jun 2020)

In-hospital airway management of COVID-19 patients

Elise H. Sullivan,
Lauren E. Gibson,
Lorenzo Berra,
Marvin G. Chang,
Edward A. Bittner

Affiliations

Elise H. Sullivan: Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care, The Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Lauren E. Gibson: Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care, The Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Lorenzo Berra: Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care, The Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Marvin G. Chang: Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care, The Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Edward A. Bittner: Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care, The Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03018-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

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Abstract Those involved in the airway management of COVID-19 patients are particularly at risk. Here, we describe a practical, stepwise protocol for safe in-hospital airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection.

Published in Critical Care

ISSN: 1364-8535 (Print); 1466-609X (Online)
Publisher: BMC
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Website: https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/

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