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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ibrahim M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7302074 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ibrahim Mohamed M Khan Ejaz E Babazade Rovnat R Simon Michelle M Vadhera Rakesh R
A&A practice 20200601 8
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has created serious challenges to anesthesiologists. As hospitalized patients' respiratory function deteriorates, many will require endotracheal intubation. Airway management of infected patients risks aerosolization of viral-loaded droplets that pose serious hazards to the anesthesiologist and all health care personnel present. The addition of an enclosure barrier during airway management minimizes the hazard by entrapping the droplet ...[more]