The changes on anesthetic practice for non-intubated bronchoscopic interventions during Covid-19 pandemic

Yi-Chun Lo; Su-Chuan Han; Ching-Kai Lin; Chung-Chih Shih; Ya-Jung Cheng

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (Jan 2022)

The changes on anesthetic practice for non-intubated bronchoscopic interventions during Covid-19 pandemic

Yi-Chun Lo,
Su-Chuan Han,
Ching-Kai Lin,
Chung-Chih Shih,
Ya-Jung Cheng

Affiliations

Yi-Chun Lo: Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, 106037, Taiwan
Su-Chuan Han: Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, 106037, Taiwan
Ching-Kai Lin: Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, 106037, Taiwan
Chung-Chih Shih: Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, 106037, Taiwan
Ya-Jung Cheng: Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, 106037, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 100233, Taiwan; Corresponding author. No. 57, Ln. 155, Sec. 3, Keelung Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei City 106037, Taiwan.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 121, no. 1
pp. 439 – 441

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Bronchoscopic interventions (BIs) and airway management for bronchoscopy are exceptionally high-risk procedures not only for anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, but also for nursing staff because they expose nurses to COVID-19-containing droplets. However, perioperative changes can be made to the anesthetic management for nonintubated BIs to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

Published in Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

ISSN: 0929-6646 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-the-formosan-medical-association/

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