Outbreak of a new coronavirus: what anaesthetists should know

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 497-501

  Peng, Philip W H ^a   Ho, Pak Leung ^b   Hota, Susy S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

2019 nCoV; airway management; coronavirus; COVID 19; infection prevention and control; MERS; SARS

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANESTHESIOLOGIST; ANESTHESIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME RELATED CORONAVIRUS 2;

EID: 85080094632     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.02.008     Document Type: Editorial

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