TY - JOUR
T1 - Second update for anaesthetists on clinical features of COVID-19 patients and relevant management
AU - Weenink, Robert P.
AU - Preckel, Benedikt
AU - Hulst, Abraham H.
AU - Hermanides, Jeroen
AU - de Jong, Menno D.
AU - Schlack, Wolfgang S.
AU - Stevens, Markus F.
AU - Sperna Weiland, Nicolaas H.
AU - Hollmann, Markus W.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic poses great challenges for healthcare workers around the world, including perioperative specialists. Previously, we provided a first overview of available literature on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, relevant for anaesthetists and intensivists. In the current review, we provide an update of this topic, after a literature search current through May 2020. We discuss the evidence on perioperative risk for COVID-19 patients presenting for surgery, the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the operating room, and the current literature on laboratory diagnostics. Furthermore, cardiovascular and nervous system involvement in COVID-19 are discussed, as well as considerations in diabetic patients. Lastly, the latest evidence on pharmacological treatment is summarised.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic poses great challenges for healthcare workers around the world, including perioperative specialists. Previously, we provided a first overview of available literature on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, relevant for anaesthetists and intensivists. In the current review, we provide an update of this topic, after a literature search current through May 2020. We discuss the evidence on perioperative risk for COVID-19 patients presenting for surgery, the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the operating room, and the current literature on laboratory diagnostics. Furthermore, cardiovascular and nervous system involvement in COVID-19 are discussed, as well as considerations in diabetic patients. Lastly, the latest evidence on pharmacological treatment is summarised.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32781614
U2 - https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082542
DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082542
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32781614
SN - 2077-0383
VL - 9
SP - 1
EP - 19
JO - Journal of clinical medicine
JF - Journal of clinical medicine
IS - 8
ER -