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

Marco RispoliFederico PiccioniIda Di GiacintoGerardo CorteseStefano FalcettaDomenico MassulloSilvia FiorelliIvana ZdravkovicCecilia CocciaGiulio RosbochAntonio CorcioneMassimiliano Sorbello

Published in: Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care (Online) (2022)

The survey reveals many changes in the clinical practice due to SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. A certain diffusion of new devices such as the VivaSight-DL and barrier enclosure systems emerged too. Finally, we found that most of Italian hospitals did not recognize thoracic anesthesia as a high-risk specialty for risk of virus diffusion.

Keyphrases

sars cov
clinical practice
spinal cord
healthcare
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
cross sectional
respiratory failure
mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome