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Anaesthetic management in a patient requiring one lung ventilation during COVID-19 pandemic

Teah MK 1 , Yap KY 2 , Ismail AJ 2 , Yeap TB 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Queen Elizabeth 2, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • 3 Medicine Based Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia [email protected]
BMJ Case Rep, 2021 Feb 17;14(2).
PMID: 33597165 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-241148

Abstract

Placement of a double-lumen tube to achieve one lung ventilation is an aerosol-generating procedure. Performing it on a patient with COVID-19 will put healthcare workers at high risk of contracting the disease. We herein report a case of its use in a patient with traumatic diaphragmatic rupture, who was also suspected to have COVID-19. This article aims to highlight the issues, it presented and ways to address them as well as the perioperative impact of personal protective equipment.

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