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. 2020 Jul;125(1):e187-e188.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.04.069. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Prevention is better than the cure, but the cure cannot be worse than the disease: fibreoptic tracheal intubation in COVID-19 patients

Massimiliano Sorbello  1 , Ida Di Giacinto  2 , Ruggero M Corso  3 , Rita Cataldo  4 ; Società Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva (SIAARTI) Airway Management Research Group
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Prevention is better than the cure, but the cure cannot be worse than the disease: fibreoptic tracheal intubation in COVID-19 patients

Massimiliano Sorbello et al. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Jul.
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Keywords: COVID-19; aerosol-generating procedure; airway management; fibreoptic tracheal intubation; high-flow nasal oxygen; rapid sequence induction.

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