COVID-19 Pandemic: International Variation of Personal Protective Equipment and Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, hip@ualberta.ca.
² Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.

Comment

Vivian H Y Ip et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;131(2):e113-e114.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004941.

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, hip@ualberta.ca.
² Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.

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One Size Does Not Fit All: How to Rapidly Deploy Intubation Practice Changes in a Pediatric Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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