Anaesthetic management in a patient requiring one lung ventilation during COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Teah, Ming Kai, Yap, Kent Yoon, Ismail, Abdul Jabbar, Yeap, Boon Tat
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021
• Subjects: RD Surgery; RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27309/2/Anaesthetic%20management%20in%20a%20patient%20requiring%20one%20lung%20ventilation%20during%20COVID-19%20pandemic%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27309/3/Anaesthetic%20management%20in%20a%20patient%20requiring%20one%20lung%20ventilation%20during%20COVID-19%20pandemic%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27309/; https://casereports.bmj.com/content/bmjcr/14/2/e241148.full.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Placement of a double-lumen tube to achieve one lung ventilation is an aerosol-generating procedure. Performing it on a patient with COVID-19 will put healthcare workers at high risk of contracting the disease. We herein report a case of its use in a patient with traumatic diaphragmatic rupture, who was also suspected to have COVID-19. This article aims to highlight the issues, it presented and ways to address them as well as the perioperative impact of personal protective equipment.