Airway Management and Related Procedures in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: Position Statement of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected nearly all nations globally. The highly contagious nature of the disease puts the healthcare workers at high risk of acquiring infection, especially while handling airway and performing aerosol-generating procedures. The Indian Society of Crit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of critical care medicine 2020-08, Vol.24 (8), p.630-642
Hauptverfasser: Kumar, G Praveen, Kulkarni, Atul P, Govil, Deepak, Dixit, Subhal B, Chaudhry, Dhruva, Samavedam, Srinivas, Zirpe, Kapil G, Gopal, Palepu Bn, Kar, Arindam
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Zusammenfassung:The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected nearly all nations globally. The highly contagious nature of the disease puts the healthcare workers at high risk of acquiring infection, especially while handling airway and performing aerosol-generating procedures. The Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, through this position paper, aims to provide guidance for safe airway management to all healthcare workers dealing with airway in COVID-19 patients. Praveen Kumar G, Kulkarni AP, Govil D, Dixit SB, Chaudhry D, Samavedam S, Airway Management and Related Procedures in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: Position Statement of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(8):630-642.
ISSN:0972-5229
1998-359X
DOI:10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23471