Adaptation of Anaesthesia Practices Owing to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Gaurav S Tomar

Abstract

For coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), substantial proportion of secondary transmission may occur before illness onset. During the epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Toronto, Canada, it was evident that particularly those involved in airway related procedures such as endotracheal intubation were highly susceptible. In this situation, we anaesthesiologist need to rapidly keep updating ourselves with the available literature and adopt and evolve new practices in our regime. In this article we have tried to suggest evidence based practices for perioperative management and operation theatre work flow in the existing scenario of the coronavirus pandemic.