Recommendations for sedation outside the operating room during the COVID-19 pandemic

The current spread of SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) and its disease COVID-19, has confronted society with a paradigm shift in all fields: political, social, religious, economic, and healthcare is no exception This has created challenges for the adequate and safe delivery of services for patients and healthcare workers Notwithstanding the global efforts to contain the spread of the disease, the outbreak continues to escalate COVID-19 is currently the disease receiving the most attention worldwide;however, patients continue to present other conditions that demand the same level of care to be effectively controlled, so that they do not become another healthcare concern, as a result of potential secondary complications due to poor care This reflection article gives recommendations to care for patients requiring diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures under sedation, outside the operating room, keeping the current standards and biosecurity protocols in mind Moreover, it provides a brief description of the disease, symptoms, diagnosis and transmission routes (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] La actual propagacion del SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus 2 del sindrome respiratorio agudo severo) y su enfermedad, la COVID-19, ha enfrentado a la sociedad a un cambio de paradigmas en todos los aspectos: politico, social, religioso, economico, y el area de la salud no es la excepcion;lo que ha generado retos para la adecuada prestacion de servicios dentro del marco de seguridad para los pacientes y el personal asistencial A pesar de los esfuerzos mundiales para contener la propagacion de la enfermedad, el brote sigue en aumento La COVID-19 es en este momento la enfermedad de mayor atencion en el mundo, pero los pacientes siguen presentando otras patologias que requieren igual atencion para ser controladas de manera eficaz, de modo que no se conviertan en otro problema para los sistemas de salud por las posibles complicaciones secundarias a la desatencion de las mismas Este articulo de reflexion brinda recomendaciones para la atencion de pacientes que requieren procedimientos diagnosticos y/o terapeuticos bajo sedacion fuera de quirofanos, teniendo en cuenta la normatividad actual y los protocolos de bioseguridad vigentes;adicionalmente, proporciona una breve descripcion de la enfermedad, sintomas, diagnostico y rutas de transmision (Spanish) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology / Revista Colombiana de Anestesiologia is the property of Sociedad Colombiana de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )