Recommendations on Perioperative Management and Emergency Intubation for Patients with Omicron

Abstract

The Chinese National Health Commission adopted the strategy of "Category B and Category B Management" for Omicron infection on January 8, 2023, which might have triggered the recent Omicron epidemic in China. This undoubtedly poses a great challenge to the medical system. For anesthesiologists, under the new trend of Omicron epidemic, perioperative anesthesia management of patients with Omicron has become the focus of attentions, which includes the whole process of preoperative visits, intraoperative management, and postoperative analgesia and ventilation monitoring. Moreover, in case of respiratory failure necessitating emergency intubation, safe, rapid, and effective emergency tracheal intubation is also a focus worthy of attention and discussion. We put forward the latest suggestions on perioperative management and emergency tracheal intubation during the Omicron pandemic.

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