Open AccessInterventional pulmonology during COVID times: A look back at the year gone by
Author(s) -
Rajiv Goyal,
Ramasubramaniam Kottaisamy,
ManishKumar Aggarwal
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_94_21
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pulmonology , pandemic , betacoronavirus , coronavirus infections , medline , medical physics , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , law
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented crisis, affecting every sphere of human life. A major challenge for health care workers (HCWs) is to care for patients with a highly contagious airborne disease, while making sure of their own safety. Interventional pulmonology (IP) procedures, like bronchoscopy, are particularly risky due to significant aerosol generation. Guidelines by several scientific bodies were framed on the precautions to be taken while performing IP procedures. We evaluated the IP procedures performed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether the precautions adopted proved adequate in preventing transmission amongst the HCWs involved in these procedures.