Open AccessOverview of Upper Airway Management During COVID-19 Outbreak: Head and Neck Surgeon's Perspective
Author(s) -
Ahmad Al Omari,
Ra’ed Al-Ashqar,
Amjad Nuseir,
Hassan Al Balas,
Hadeel Allan,
Yazan Kanaan,
Firas Alzoubi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of craniofacial surgery/the journal of craniofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1536-3732
pISSN - 1049-2275
DOI - 10.1097/scs.0000000000006798
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , perspective (graphical) , outbreak , head and neck , airway , airway management , general surgery , surgery , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , artificial intelligence , disease , computer science
At the end of December, 2019, a new virus was named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 appeared in Wuhan, China, and the disease caused is called as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by World Health Organization, which to date having infected more than 3,588,773 people worldwide, as well as causing 247,503 deaths. A human to human transmission is thought to be predominantly by droplet spread, and direct contact with the patient or contaminated surfaces. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview as well as to highlight essential evidence-based guidelines for how head and neck surgeon and healthcare providers need to take into consideration during their management of the upper airway during the COVID-19 pandemic safely and effectively to avoid the spread of the virus to the health provider.