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Anesthesiology. 2020 Mar 19. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003300. [Epub ahead of print]
Response of Chinese Anesthesiologists to the COVID-19 Outbreak.
Zhang HF[SUP]1[/SUP], Bo LL, Lin Y, Li FX, Sun SJ, Lin HB, Xu SY, Bian JJ, Yao SL, Chen XD, Meng L, Deng XM.
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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.
PMID:32195704DOI:10.1097/ALN.0000000000003300
Response of Chinese Anesthesiologists to the COVID-19 Outbreak.
Zhang HF[SUP]1[/SUP], Bo LL, Lin Y, Li FX, Sun SJ, Lin HB, Xu SY, Bian JJ, Yao SL, Chen XD, Meng L, Deng XM.
Author information
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.
PMID:32195704DOI:10.1097/ALN.0000000000003300