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Practice Guideline
. 2020 Jun;132(6):1307-1316.
doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003301.

Perioperative Management of Patients Infected with the Novel Coronavirus: Recommendation from the Joint Task Force of the Chinese Society of Anesthesiology and the Chinese Association of Anesthesiologists

Xiangdong Chen  1 , Yanhong Liu, Yahong Gong, Xiangyang Guo, Mingzhang Zuo, Jun Li, Wenzhu Shi, Hao Li, Xiaohan Xu, Weidong Mi, Yuguang Huang; Chinese Society of Anesthesiology, Chinese Association of Anesthesiologists
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Perioperative Management of Patients Infected with the Novel Coronavirus: Recommendation from the Joint Task Force of the Chinese Society of Anesthesiology and the Chinese Association of Anesthesiologists

Xiangdong Chen et al. Anesthesiology. 2020 Jun.

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Abstract

The outbreak of the new Coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has been involved in 77,262 cases in China as well as in 27 other countries as of February 24, 2020. Because the virus is novel to human beings, and there is no vaccine yet available, every individual is susceptible and can become infected. Healthcare workers are at high risk, and unfortunately, more than 3,000 healthcare workers in China have been infected. Anesthesiologists are among healthcare workers who are at an even higher risk of becoming infected because of their close contact with infected patients and high potential of exposure to respiratory droplets or aerosol from their patients' airways. In order to provide healthcare workers with updated recommendations on the management of patients in the perioperative setting as well as for emergency airway management outside of the operating room, the two largest anesthesia societies, the Chinese Society of Anesthesiology (CSA) and the Chinese Association of Anesthesiologists (CAA) have formed a task force to produce the recommendations. The task force hopes to help healthcare workers, particularly anesthesiologists, optimize the care of their patients and protect patients, healthcare workers, and the public from becoming infected. The recommendations were created mainly based on the practice and experience of anesthesiologists who provide care to patients in China. Therefore, adoption of these recommendations outside of China must be done with caution, and the local environment, culture, uniqueness of the healthcare system, and patients' needs should be considered. The task force will continuously update the recommendations and incorporate new information in future versions.

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Psychologic preparation and self-encouragement.
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Personal protective equipment self-check and inspection by another colleague.
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Emergency intubation cart.
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Intubation with video laryngoscopes and keeping distance from the head of patient.
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