Outbreak of a new coronavirus: what anaesthetists should know

Br J Anaesth. 2020 May;124(5):497-501. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.02.008. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: Philip.peng@uhn.ca.
² Department of Microbiology and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
³ Infection Prevention and Control Department, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Keywords: 2019-nCoV; COVID-19; MERS; SARS; airway management; coronavirus; infection prevention and control.

Publication types

Aerosols
Airway Management / methods*
Anesthesia, General* / methods
Anesthetists*
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
China / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / complications
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / transmission
Critical Care
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional* / prevention & control
Pandemics*
Personal Protective Equipment*
Pneumonia, Viral* / complications
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / transmission
SARS-CoV-2
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology