Regional anesthesia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a time to reconsider practices? (Letter #1)

Soberón, José R.; Urdaneta, Felipe

doi:10.1007/s12630-020-01681-w

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“…The anaesthesiologist community has implemented alternative analgesic approaches to spare opioids in light of the opioid crisis and drug shortage [8 ▪▪ ], thus regional anaesthesia techniques became more popular in many surgical protocols. Unfortunately, the dramatical drop down in elective surgeries during COVID-19, decreased the number of regional techniques [9,10]. However, the risk of contagion related to aerosol particles during airway instrumentation played an important role to promote regional anaesthesia [11].…”

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Retailoring training programmes in anaesthesia and intensive care after the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak

Pereda

Hert

Tahan

et al. 2023

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

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Purpose of reviewIn this review, we want to collect all the adaptations that anaesthesiology training has faced because of the health crisis and social distancing measures resulting from coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19). We reviewed new teaching tools launched during the COVID-19 outbreak worldwide and particularly those implemented by the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) and the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EACTAIC).Recent findingsGlobally, COVID-19 has interrupted health services and all aspects of training programmes. These unprecedented changes have led to teaching and trainee support innovation tools, focusing on online learning and simulation programmes. Airway management, critical care and regional anaesthesia, have been enhanced during the pandemic, while there were major obstacles in paediatrics, obstetrics and pain medicine.SummaryThe COVID-19 pandemic has altered profoundly the functioning of health systems worldwide. Anaesthesiologists and trainees have fought on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19. As a result, training in anaesthesiology during the last 2 years has focused on managing patients in intensive care. New training programmes have been designed to continue teaching residents of this speciality, focusing on e-learning and advanced simulation. It is necessary to present a review describing the impact that this turbulent period has had on the different subsections of anaesthesiology and to review the innovative measures that have been implemented to address these possible deficits in education and training.

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Retailoring training programmes in anaesthesia and intensive care after the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak

Pereda

Hert

Tahan

et al. 2023

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

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“…Given that the transmission of COVID-19 (15) happens either in symptomatic or asymptomatic status, the team of anesthesia must be aware of aerosol-generating procedures and must be selected the techniques decreasing or avoiding them altogether (16). Lie et al to decrease the rate of transmission suggested applying regional anesthesia rather than general anesthesia if possible and recovering the operated patient in the theatre to reduce exposure to hospital personnel and other patients because regional anesthesia is not an aerosol-generating procedure (17).…”

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What special precautions are required while anesthetizing COVID-19 patients in the operation room?

Aghazade,

Arjmand,

Arabsorkhi

et al. 2023

J Prev Epidemiol

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On The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted not only the daily routines of individuals, but also the procedural approaches of medical and anesthesia experts, encompassing surgical procedures, operating room administration, patient welfare, and healthcare personnel. One of the most susceptible direct contact groups with COVID-19 patients is the operating room staff. The primary objective of this investigation is to conduct a literature review of specific articles pertaining to the requisite precautions during anesthesia administration for patients afflicted with COVID-19. The literature was carried out in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus were used to search for English-language articles. All type of articles was included. Keywords were COVID-19, novel coronavirus, 2019- nCoV, coronavirus disease 2019, operating room, theatre, measures, medical staff, health providers, and anesthesia. In this study, we aimed to identify essential information needed by operating room staff, especially anesthesiologists, to manage the entire anesthesia process in COVID-19 patients in a relatively safe manner. We found that necessary points included avoiding the airway and other biologic secretions such as cerebrospinal fluid and blood, using fiber-optic or video laryngoscopy, adequate pre-oxygenation with a well-fitted mask, avoiding awake intubation, selecting a rapid sequence approach, using disposable equipment, delaying elective surgery, and wearing a N95 mask, eye shield, gown, and gloves.

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“…Many issues that were our first priority before the pandemic have now been pushed into the background. The anesthesiology community has been testing new methods for opioid sparing anesthesia and analgesia for years and setting in these methods as a principle in the protocols we chose; we cannot currently, due to the Covid-19 pandemic condemn patients to opioids [1][2][3].…”

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Interfascial plane blocks as shortcut alternatives for regional anesthesia and pain management for SARS-CoV-2 days: Not deeper, not longer. Be safe for everyone

Tulgar

Ahişkalıoğlu

Thomas

et al. 2020

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

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Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website.Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre -including this research content -immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.

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Regional anesthesia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a time to reconsider practices? (Letter #1)

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Retailoring training programmes in anaesthesia and intensive care after the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak

Retailoring training programmes in anaesthesia and intensive care after the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak

What special precautions are required while anesthetizing COVID-19 patients in the operation room?

Interfascial plane blocks as shortcut alternatives for regional anesthesia and pain management for SARS-CoV-2 days: Not deeper, not longer. Be safe for everyone

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