Oxygen: under or over a surgical facemask for COVID‐19 patients?

Volume: 75, Issue: 12, Pages: 1691 - 1692
Published: Jun 11, 2020
Abstract
Patients usually require supplementary oxygen for a period of time in the post-anaesthesia care unit (recovery area) [1]. Patients with COVID-19 still require elective or emergency surgery and there appears to be a lower threshold for tracheal intubation in these patients [2], necessitating the use of mechanical ventilation and neuromuscular blocking drugs. It, therefore, follows that they will likely need supplementary oxygen for a period of...
Paper Details
Title
Oxygen: under or over a surgical facemask for COVID‐19 patients?
Published Date
Jun 11, 2020
Volume
75
Issue
12
Pages
1691 - 1692
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