Multidisciplinary guidance for safe tracheostomy care during the COVID-19 pandemic: the NHS National Patient Safety Improvement Programme (NatPatSIP).

• Authors : McGrath, B. A. (); Ashby, N. (); Birchall, M. ()

Subjects: COVID-19 pandemic; PATIENT safety; ARTIFICIAL respiration

• Source: Anaesthesia. Dec2020, Vol. 75 Issue 12, p1659-1670. 12p.

• Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a significant increase in the number of patients requiring relatively prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation and an ...

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Peri‐operative COVID‐19 infection in urgent elective surgery during a pandemic surge period: a retrospective observational cohort study.

• Authors : Kane, A. D. (); Paterson, J. (); Pokhrel, S. ()

Subjects: COVID-19; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; ELECTIVE surgeryGREAT Britain

• Source: Anaesthesia. Dec2020, Vol. 75 Issue 12, p1596-1604. 9p.

• Abstract: Summary: Maintaining safe elective surgical activity during the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic is challenging and it is not clear how COVID‐19 may impact peri‐...

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The safety of paediatric surgery between COVID‐19 surges: an observational study.

• Authors : Okonkwo, I. N. C. (); Howie, A. (); Parry, C. ()

Subjects: COVID-19; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; CHILDREN'S hospitalsENGLAND

• Source: Anaesthesia. Dec2020, Vol. 75 Issue 12, p1605-1613. 9p.

• Abstract: Summary: Despite the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, elective paediatric surgery must continue safely through the first, second and subsequent waves of disease. This study ...

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The association of lung ultrasound images with COVID‐19 infection in an emergency room cohort.

• Authors : Bar, S. (); Lecourtois, A. (); Diouf, M. ()

Subjects: COVID-19; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; ULTRASONIC imaging

• Source: Anaesthesia. Dec2020, Vol. 75 Issue 12, p1620-1625. 6p.

• Abstract: Summary: Lung ultrasound could facilitate the triage of patients with suspected COVID‐19 infection admitted to the emergency room. We developed a predictive model for COVID‐19 ...

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Risk to health from COVID-19 for anaesthetists and intensivists - a narrative review.

• Authors : Cook, T. M. ()

Subjects: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; WORK environment

• Source: Anaesthesia. Nov2020, Vol. 75 Issue 11, p1494-1508. 15p.

• Abstract: Healthcare workers are at an increased risk of infection, harm and death from COVID-19. Close and prolonged exposure to individuals infectious ...

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Risks to healthcare workers following tracheal intubation of patients with COVID-19: a prospective international multicentre cohort study.

• Authors : El‐Boghdadly, K. (); Wong, D. J. N. (); Owen, R. ()

Subjects: COVID-19; TRACHEA intubation; PERSONAL protective equipment

• Source: Anaesthesia. Nov2020, Vol. 75 Issue 11, p1437-1447. 11p.

• Abstract: Healthcare workers involved in aerosol-generating procedures, such as tracheal intubation, may be at elevated risk of acquiring COVID-19. However, the magnitude ...

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COVID-19: legal implications for critical care.

• Authors : Coghlan, N. (); Archard, D. (); Sipanoun, P. ()

Subjects: COVID-19; CRITICAL care medicine; COVID-19 pandemicGREAT Britain

• Source: Anaesthesia. Nov2020, Vol. 75 Issue 11, p1517-1528. 12p.

• Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented challenge for the provision of critical care. Anticipating an unsustainable burden on the health ...

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Measurement of airborne particle exposure during simulated tracheal intubation using various proposed aerosol containment devices during the COVID‐19 pandemic.

• Authors : Simpson, J. P. (); Wong, D. N. (); Verco, L. ()

Subjects: COVID-19 pandemic; TRACHEA intubation; AEROSOLS

• Source: Anaesthesia. Dec2020, Vol. 75 Issue 12, p1587-1595. 9p.

• Abstract: Summary: The COVID‐19 pandemic has led to the production of novel devices intended to protect airway managers during the aerosol‐generating procedure of tracheal intubation. ...

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Management of the airway and lung isolation for thoracic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: Recommendations for clinical practice endorsed by the Association for Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland.

• Authors : Thornton, M. (); Reid, D. (); Shelley, B. ()

Subjects: COVID-19 pandemic; THORACIC surgery; CRITICAL care medicineGREAT Britain; IRELAND

• Source: Anaesthesia. Nov2020, Vol. 75 Issue 11, p1509-1516. 8p.

• Abstract: Intra-operative aerosol-generating procedures are arguably unavoidable in the routine provision of thoracic anaesthesia. Airway management for such patients during the

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Law, litigation and learning: a legacy from COVID‐19.

• Authors : Ferguson, K.¹ (AUTHOR) ; Johnston, P. W.^2,3 (AUTHOR)

Subjects: *COVID-19; *GOVERNMENT policy; *COVID-19 pandemic

• Source: Anaesthesia. Nov2020, Vol. 75 Issue 11, p1428-1431. 4p.

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