General Anesthesia for Pediatric Radiation Therapy in the Era of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Managing pediatric patients requiring daily general anesthesia (GA) for radiation therapy (RT) in the setting of COVID-19 is complex, owing to the aerosolizing nature of GA procedures, the risk of cardiopulmonary complications for infected patients, and the treatment of immunocompromised oncology patients in a busy, densely populated radiation oncology clinic.

Methods and materials

We developed an institutional protocol to define procedures for COVID-19 testing and protection of patients, caregivers, and staff, hypothesizing that this protocol would allow patients requiring GA to be safely treated, minimizing COVID-19 transmission risk to both patients and staff, and at the same time maintaining pre-COVID-19 patient volumes. All patients underwent COVID-19 testing be

SUBMITTER: LaRiviere MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8898088 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature