Spinal anaesthesia for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 and possible transmission rates in anaesthetists: retrospective, single-centre, observational cohort study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 670-675

  Zhong, Qi ^a   Liu, Yin Y ^a   Luo, Qiong ^a   Zou, Yu F ^a   Jiang, Hai X ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Zhang, Jing J ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Ma, Min ^a   Tang, Li J ^a   Chen, Ying Y ^a   Zheng, Feng ^a   Ke, Jian J ^a   Zhang, Zong Z ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

COVID 19; perioperative clinical characteristics; spinal anaesthesia; surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; OXYGEN; ROPIVACAINE; UMIFENOVIR;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOWER LIMB; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MYALGIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SORE THROAT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX PAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADVERSE EVENT; ANESTHESIOLOGIST; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PANDEMIC; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; ANESTHETISTS; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANDEMICS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 85082876991     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.03.007     Document Type: Article

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