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ArticleCanadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2020

Personal protective equipment (PPE) for both anesthesiologists and other airway managers: principles and practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shannon L Lockhart, Laura V Duggan, Randy S Wax, Stephan Saad, Hilary P Grocott

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Article in Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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77citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 183 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Shannon L Lockhart *Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Laura V Duggan *Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. laduggan@toh.ca.
Randy S WaxDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, Canada.
Stephan SaadDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Hilary P GrocottDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CAQueen's University · CAUniversity of Manitoba · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare providers are facing a coronavirus disease pandemic. This pandemic may last for many months, stressing the Canadian healthcare system in a way that has not previously been seen. Keeping healthcare providers safe, healthy, and available to work throughout this pandemic is critical. The consistent use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) will help assure its availability and healthcare provider safety. The purpose of this communique is to give both anesthesiologists and other front-line healthcare providers a framework from which to understand the principles and practices surrounding PPE decision-making. We propose three types of PPE including: 1) PPE for droplet and contact precautions, 2) PPE for general airborne, droplet, and contact precautions, and 3) PPE for those performing or assisting with high-risk aerosol-generating medical procedures.

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AnesthesiologistsHealth PersonnelPersonal Protective EquipmentAirway ManagementCanadaCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalOccupational DiseasesPandemicsPneumonia, ViralcoronavirusCOVID-19personal protective equipment

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PMID32329014
PMCPMC7178924
OpenAlexW3018630329

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