Practical workflow recommendations for emergency endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients with COVID-19 based on the experience of Wuhan Union Hospital

•The condition of some patients with COVID-19 progress rapidly and require aggressive treatments and intensive care, such as endotracheal intubation.•Emergency endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients with COVID-19 has posed a huge challenge to the self-protection of anesthesiologists.•Ane...

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Published inJournal of clinical anesthesia Vol. 66; p. 109940
Main Authors Xia, Haifa, Huang, Shiqian, Xiao, Weimin, Lin, Yun, Hu, Xiaomin, Nie, Bingqing, Lin, Ken, Lu, Dongshi, Chen, Xueyin, Song, Limin, Wang, Li, Zhang, Yuhong, Yao, Shanglong, Chen, Xiangdong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2020
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Airway management
Anesthesia
Blood pressure
China
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19
Critical Illness
Editing
Emergencies
Hospitals
Humans
Intubation
Intubation, Intratracheal - methods
Masks
Medical supplies
Pandemics - prevention & control
Patients
Personal protective equipment
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Protective clothing
R&D
Research & development
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Suctioning
Ventilators
Workflow
Writing
China
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Summary:•The condition of some patients with COVID-19 progress rapidly and require aggressive treatments and intensive care, such as endotracheal intubation.•Emergency endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients with COVID-19 has posed a huge challenge to the self-protection of anesthesiologists.•Anesthesiologists from the frontline of Wuhan, China brought first-hand experience about emergency endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients with COVID-19 to colleagues.
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Haifa Xia and Shiqian Huang made equal contribution to this work.
ISSN:0952-8180
1873-4529
DOI:10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109940