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Anaesthetic management in a patient requiring one lung ventilation during COVID-19 pandemic.

Ming Kai TeahKent Yoon YapAbdul Jabbar Bin IsmailTat Boon Yeap
Published in: BMJ case reports (2021)
Placement of a double-lumen tube to achieve one lung ventilation is an aerosol-generating procedure. Performing it on a patient with COVID-19 will put healthcare workers at high risk of contracting the disease. We herein report a case of its use in a patient with traumatic diaphragmatic rupture, who was also suspected to have COVID-19. This article aims to highlight the issues, it presented and ways to address them as well as the perioperative impact of personal protective equipment.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
  • case report
  • sars cov
  • spinal cord injury
  • cardiac surgery
  • patients undergoing
  • mechanical ventilation
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome