Consensus guidelines for managing the airway in patients with COVID-19: Guidelines from the Difficult Airway Society, the Association of Anaesthetists the Intensive Care Society, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Anaesthesia

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 785-799

  Cook, T M ^a   El Boghdadly, K ^b   McGuire, B ^c   McNarry, A F ^d   Patel, A ^e   Higgs, A ^f  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway; anaesthesia; coronavirus; COVID 19; critical care; difficult airway; intubation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

AEROSOL; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONSENSUS; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ARREST; HEAT; HIGH FLOW NASAL OXYGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOW FLOW NASAL OXYGEN THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS LOAD; WORKPLACE; ANESTHESIOLOGIST; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PANDEMIC; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; OXYGEN; PANDEMICS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 85082836862     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.15054     Document Type: Article

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