Open AccessAnesthesia management of thoracic surgery in a patient with suspected/confirmed COVID-19: Interim Saudi Anesthesia Society guidelines
Author(s) -
Abdelazeem Eldawlatly,
Mohamed R. El Tahan,
Ahmed Abdulmomen,
Maan Kattan,
Abdulaziz Ahmad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/sja.sja_252_20
Subject(s) - medicine , convalescence , interim , perioperative , covid-19 , airway , cardiothoracic surgery , anesthesia , perioperative medicine , airway management , intensive care medicine , general surgery , surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , archaeology , history
The Saudi Anesthesia Society (SAS) has developed interim guidelines on perioperative care of COVID-19 patients who undergo surgery and anesthesia.[1] Patients with " suspected/confirmed " COVID-19 might be scheduled for emergency thoracic procedures either during the acute or convalescence phases of the disease. There is a demanding need to develop the SAS recommendations on the perioperative care of thoracic surgery patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. There are no relevant publications on perioperative care of thoracic surgery in COVID-19 patients. These recommendations were developed from the previous experience of management of patients during the MERS-CoV outbreak in 2012-2013 and literature available on the general airway and anesthesia care for patients with COVID-19, SARS, MERS-CoV.