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Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2021
Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan started from February 2020 and over the next few... more Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan started from February 2020 and over the next few months it affected around a million people, leaving thousands dead in an already burdened healthcare infrastructure. Rising to the challenge of COVID 19 airway management, we adopted components of ‘Consensus guidelines for managing airways in patients with COVID 19 to improve success of first pass intubation alongwith minimising risk of infection to self and others. Aim: To analyse the techniques of airway management and complications of suspected or confirmed COVID status at time of their airway management. Methodology: After ethical approval by the institutional review board, data is collected from the Hospital Information System (HIS) for cases fulfilling inclusion criteria, from April to September 2020 in a tertiary care cancer hospital, Pakistan. Results: In our centre, forty-five intubations were performed, 71% of these intubations were out of hours and 43% performed by consultant...
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2021
Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan started from February 2020 and over the next few... more Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan started from February 2020 and over the next few months it affected around a million people, leaving thousands dead in an already burdened healthcare infrastructure. Rising to the challenge of COVID 19 airway management, we adopted components of ‘Consensus guidelines for managing airways in patients with COVID 19 to improve success of first pass intubation alongwith minimising risk of infection to self and others. Aim: To analyse the techniques of airway management and complications of suspected or confirmed COVID status at time of their airway management. Methodology: After ethical approval by the institutional review board, data is collected from the Hospital Information System (HIS) for cases fulfilling inclusion criteria, from April to September 2020 in a tertiary care cancer hospital, Pakistan. Results: In our centre, forty-five intubations were performed, 71% of these intubations were out of hours and 43% performed by consultant...