Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Intensive Care Unit Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019.

ABSTRACT: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2-associated disease (coronavirus disease 2019) poses a unique challenge to health- care providers due to the risk of viral aerosolization and disease transmission. This has caused some centers to modify existing CPR procedures, limit the duration of CPR, or consider avoiding CPR altogether. In this review, the authors propose a procedure for CPR in the intensive care unit that minimizes the number of personnel in the immediate vicinity of the patient and conserves the use of scarce personal protective equipment. Highlighting the low likelihood of successful resuscitation in high-risk patients may prompt patients to decline CPR. The authors recommend the preemptive placement of central venous

SUBMITTER: Cheruku S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7286272 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature