Intubation of the patient with a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Trends in Anaesthesia & Critical Care
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd.
- Publication Date
- Jun 04, 2020
- Volume
- 33
- Pages
- 25–26
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1016/j.tacc.2020.06.003
- PMCID: PMC7272143
- Source
- PubMed Central
- Keywords
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
We propose a set of recommendations from our clinical practice for intubation of the patient with a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection, with a goal to safely securing the airway while optimizing infection prevention practices to reduce the risk to healthcare personnel.