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2020 Sep 21


Anesth Analg

Adaptation of an obstetric anesthesia service for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: description of checklists, workflows, and development tools.

Authors

Li Y, Ciampa EJ, Zucco L, Levy N, Colella M, Golen T, Shainker SA, Lunderberg MJ, Ramachandran KS, Hess PE
Anesth Analg. 2020 Sep 21.
PMID: 33002928.

Abstract

Care of the pregnant patient during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic presents many challenges, including creating parallel workflows for infected and non-infected patients, minimizing waste of materials, and ensuring that clinicians can seamlessly transition between types of anesthesia. The exponential community spread of disease limited the time for development and training.