Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Weenink, Robert P.
• Preckel, Benedikt
• Hulst, Abraham H.
• Hermanides, Jeroen
• de Jong, Menno D.
• Schlack, Wolfgang S.
• Stevens, Markus F.
• Sperna Weiland, Nicolaas H.
• Hollmann, Markus W.

Titel

Second Update for Anaesthetists on Clinical Features of COVID-19 Patients and Relevant Management

Ist Teil von

• Journal of clinical medicine, 2020-08, Vol.9 (8), p.2542

Ort / Verlag

Basel: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Frei zugängliche E-Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The COVID-19 pandemic poses great challenges for healthcare workers around the world, including perioperative specialists. Previously, we provided a first overview of available literature on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, relevant for anaesthetists and intensivists. In the current review, we provide an update of this topic, after a literature search current through May 2020. We discuss the evidence on perioperative risk for COVID-19 patients presenting for surgery, the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the operating room, and the current literature on laboratory diagnostics. Furthermore, cardiovascular and nervous system involvement in COVID-19 are discussed, as well as considerations in diabetic patients. Lastly, the latest evidence on pharmacological treatment is summarised.