Aerosol boxes for airway management in coronavirus disease patients: a clinical retrospective study in Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Significant concerns raise for the healthcare workers involved in airway management of patients diagnosed with coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19). Due to shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), barrier enclosure systems such as aerosol box (AB) have been proposed worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate our experience using AB as protective equipment in patients with COVID-19 in a third-level center in Mexico.

Methods

A retrospective study of COVID-19 patients requiring airway management using an AB in the Hospital Central Sur de Alta Especialidad de Pemex in Mexico City from March 1 to June 1, 2020. Antropometric data, pre-intubation vital signs, and laboratory tests were recorded; the primary endpoints were intubation success rate and compli

SUBMITTER: Duarte-Medrano G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10246106 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature