Anesthesiologist′s learning from experience of participating in the treatment of critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in isolation wards
10.3760/cma.j.cn131073.20200224.00309
- VernacularTitle:麻醉医师参与在隔离病房救治新型冠状病毒肺炎危重型患者的体会
- Author:
Xueyin CHEN
1
;
Gang WANG
;
Kai YANG
;
Jing WU
;
Xiangdong CHEN
Author Information
1. 华中科技大学同济医学院附属协和医院麻醉科，武汉 430022
- From:
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology
2020;40(3):296-298
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
After the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019, the number of severe cases in Wuhan increased dramatically, which was far beyond the load of intensive care unit.As a result, the isolation ward became the place for the treatment of severe cases.Because the important role of anesthesiologists, more than 20 anesthesiologists from Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology have been sent to eight isolation wards of severe patients.They have participated in the treatment of more than 800 severe coronavirus disease 2019 patients, including more than 300 critical cases with more than 120 cases getting better recovery.Their work included endotracheal intubation, central venous catheterization, artery cannulation and blood gas analysis, and bedside cardiopulmonary ultrasound examination, and more importantly they have played an important role in respiratory management after endotracheal intubation, the treatment of cardiovascular events and precise fluid therapy.During these works, anesthesiologists improved their own professional skills through the cooperation with other specialists, including the standard writing skills of medical records and prescription, appropriate protection against infectious diseases, standard medication and oxygen therapy for respiratory diseases, and the capability of continuously management of critical cases.
