An Innovative Way to Achieve Safe Lung Deflation During One-Lung Ventilation in a Potential Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patient: A Case Report. Issue 7 (May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Magharious, Peter; Cvetkovic, Draginja; Weigel, Tracey
• Is Part Of: A & A practice. Volume 14:Issue 7(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Subjects: Analgesia -- Periodicals; Analgesia -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Anesthesiology -- Periodicals; Anesthesiology -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 617.9605
• DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001244
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2575-3126

Abstract

Abstract : A novel coronavirus pandemic may be particularly hazardous to health care workers. Airway management is an aerosol-producing high-risk procedure. To minimize the production of airborne droplets, including pathogens such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), from the endotracheal tube during procedures requiring lung deflation, we devised a technique to mitigate the risk of infection transmission to health care personnel.