Airway management for one lung ventilation during COVID-19 pandemic: a survey within Italian anesthesiologists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Airway management for thoracic surgery represents a high risk setting for SARS-CoV-2 infection diffusion due to complex and invasive airway instrumentation and techniques.

Results

An 18-item questionnaire was submitted to the 56 members of the Thoracic subcommittee of the SIAARTI Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Research Group to provide a snapshot of current situation and national variability of devices and procedures for airway management during the COVID-19 pandemic. The response rate was 64%. Eighty-three percent of anesthetists declared that they modified their airway management strategies. The Hospital Management considered necessary to provide a complete level 3 personal protective equipment for thoracic anesthetists only in 47% of cases. Double-lumen tube and bronc

SUBMITTER: Rispoli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8765104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature