Thoracic Anesthesia of Patients With Suspected or Confirmed 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection: Preliminary Recommendations for Airway Management by the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology Thoracic Subspecialty Committee

Şentürk, Mert; El Tahan, Mohamed R.; Szegedi, Laszlo L.; Marczin, Nandor; Karzai, Waheedullah; Shelley, Ben; Piccioni, Federico; Granell Gil, Manuel; Rex, Steffen; Sorbello, Massimiliano; Bence, Johan; Cohen, Edmond; Gregorio, Guido Di; Kawagoe, Izumi; Globokar, Mojca Drnovšek; Jimenez, Maria-José; Licker, Marc-Joseph; Mourisse, Jo; Mukherjee, Chirojit; Navarro, Ricard; Neskovic, Vojislava; Paloczi, Balazs; Paternoster, Gianluca; Pelosi, Paolo; Salaheldeen, Ahmed; Stoica, Radu; Unzueta, Carmen; Vanpeteghem, Caroline; Vegh, Tamas; Wouters, Patrick; Yapici, Davud; Guarracino, Fabio

The novel coronavirus has caused a pandemic around the world. Management of patients with suspected or confirmed coronavirus infection who have to undergo thoracic surgery will be a challenge for the anesthesiologists. The thoracic subspecialty committee of European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology (EACTA) has conducted a survey of opinion in order to create recommendations for the anesthetic approach to these challenging patients. It should be emphasized that both the management of the infected patient with COVID-19 and the self-protection of the anesthesia team constitute a complicated challenge. The text focuses therefore on both important topics.