Prevention is better than the cure, but the cure cannot be worse than the disease: fibreoptic tracheal intubation in COVID-19 patients

Massimiliano Sorbello; Ida Di Giacinto; Ruggero M Corso; Rita Cataldo; Società Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva (SIAARTI) Airway Management Research Group

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2020.04.069

Prevention is better than the cure, but the cure cannot be worse than the disease: fibreoptic tracheal intubation in COVID-19 patients

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Jul;125(1):e187-e188. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.04.069. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Authors

Massimiliano Sorbello¹, Ida Di Giacinto², Ruggero M Corso³, Rita Cataldo⁴; Società Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva (SIAARTI) Airway Management Research Group

Affiliations

¹ Catania, Italy. Electronic address: maxsorbello@gmail.com.
² Bologna, Italy.
³ Forlì, Italy.
⁴ Rome, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; aerosol-generating procedure; airway management; fibreoptic tracheal intubation; high-flow nasal oxygen; rapid sequence induction.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
Critical Illness*
Fiber Optic Technology
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal
Pandemics
Pneumonia*
Pneumonia, Viral
Prospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2