Staff safety during emergency airway management for COVID-19 in Hong Kong

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2020, Pages e19-

  Cheung, Jonathan Chun Hei ^a   Ho, Lap Tin ^a   Cheng, Justin Vincent ^a   Cham, Esther Yin Kwan ^a   Lam, Koon Ngai ^a  

^a NORTH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS; AEROSOL; CAPNOMETRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DRUG HALF LIFE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION FACILITY; LETTER; LUNG AUSCULTATION; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT ISOLATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; THERAPY EFFECT; VOMITING; BETACORONAVIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFECTION CONTROL; PANDEMIC; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85081904824     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30084-9     Document Type: Letter

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