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Editorial
. 2020 Dec;125(6):863-867.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.09.004. Epub 2020 Sep 8.

Revisiting safe airway management and patient care by anaesthetists during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tom C R V Van Zundert  1 , Paul Barach  2 , André A J Van Zundert  3
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Editorial

Revisiting safe airway management and patient care by anaesthetists during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tom C R V Van Zundert et al. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; airway management; anaesthesia; healthcare worker; occupational safety; pandemic; personal protective equipment.

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Patient and airway management strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ULPA: ultralow particulate air filter; HEPA: high efficiency particulate filter; HME: heat and moisture exchanger (ULPA-HEPA-HME).
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Collection of 198 photographs of healthcare workers who died in Mexico as a result of COVID-19 (Courtesy of MILENIO. Author: Arturo Black Fonseca).
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