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  • Anaesthesia. The Italian COVID-19 outbreak: experiences and recommendations from clinical practice


    Anaesthesia. 2020 Mar 27. doi: 10.1111/anae.15049. [Epub ahead of print]
    The Italian COVID-19 outbreak: experiences and recommendations from clinical practice.


    Sorbello M1, El-Boghdadly K2, Di Giacinto I3, Cataldo R4, Esposito C5, Falcetta S6, Merli G7, Cortese G8, Corso RM9, Bressan F10, Pintaudi S11,12, Greif R13, Donati A14, Petrini F15; Societ? Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva (SIAARTI) Airway Research Group, The European Airway Management Society.

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    Abstract

    Novel coronavirus 2019 is a single-stranded, ribonucleic acid virus that has led to an international pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Clinical data from the Chinese outbreak have been reported, but experiences and recommendations from clinical practice during the Italian outbreak have not. We report the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on regional and national healthcare infrastructure. We also report on recommendations based on clinical experiences of managing patients throughout Italy. In particular, we describe key elements of clinical management, including safe oxygen therapy, airway management, personal protective equipment and non-technical aspects of caring for patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Only through planning, training and team working will clinicians and healthcare systems be best placed to deal with the many complex implications of this new pandemic.
    This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.



    KEYWORDS:

    COVID-19; critical care; tracheal intubation; ventilation


    PMID:32221973DOI:10.1111/anae.15049

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