Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2020 May;21(4):350-356. doi: 10.1089/sur.2020.097. Epub 2020 Apr 6.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge of anesthesiology specialists and residents in Turkey about COVID-19 and their attitudes toward the strategies and application methods to be used for a suspected/confirmed COVID-19 case that needs to be operated on or followed up in an intensive care unit, as well as to raise awareness about this issue. This descriptive study comprised anesthesiology specialists and residents working in various health institutions in Turkey. The data used in this study were obtained online between March 13, 2020 and March 25, 2020 through the website SurveyMonkey (SurveyMonkey, San Mateo, CA) by using a survey form. We contacted members of the Turkish Anaesthesiology and Reanimation Society through the social media platforms Twitter, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp, as well as through their e-mail addresses and invited them to participate in the study. Those who agreed to participate responded to the aforementioned survey. We used SPSS 22.0 (IBM, Armonk, NY) to analyze the survey data statistically. A total of 346 anesthesiology specialists and residents participated in the study. Although the majority of the participants exhibited the correct attitudes toward airway management, research assistants with little professional experience were observed to be undecided or had the tendency to make incorrect decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly worldwide. The incidence of COVID-19 cases is increasing daily, and this disease can cause patient death. Anesthesiology specialists and residents who perform emergency operations on these patients in settings other than intensive care units should follow simple and easy-to-understand algorithms to ensure safety. The provision of theoretical and practical training to healthcare providers before they meet patients will help ensure patient-healthcare provider safety and prevent panic, which can cause distress among healthcare providers.
新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）于 2019 年 12 月在中国武汉出现。本研究旨在评估土耳其麻醉学专家和住院医师对 COVID-19 的认识，以及他们对需要在重症监护病房进行手术或随访的疑似/确诊 COVID-19 病例的策略和应用方法的态度，并提高对此问题的认识。 这项描述性研究包括在土耳其不同医疗机构工作的麻醉学专家和住院医师。本研究使用的资料是 2020 年 3 月 13 日至 25 日通过网站 SurveyMonkey（SurveyMonkey，San Mateo，CA）在线获得的，使用的是问卷调查表。我们通过 Twitter、LinkedIn 和 WhatsApp 等社交媒体平台以及电子邮件地址联系了土耳其麻醉学会和复苏学会的成员，并邀请他们参与研究。同意参与的人回答了上述调查。我们使用 SPSS 22.0（IBM，Armonk，NY）对调查数据进行了统计分析。 共有 346 名麻醉学专家和住院医师参与了研究。尽管大多数参与者对气道管理表现出正确的态度，但观察到经验不足的研究助理犹豫不决或有做出错误决策的倾向。 COVID-19 大流行在全球迅速蔓延。COVID-19 病例的发病率每天都在增加，这种疾病可能导致患者死亡。在重症监护病房以外的环境中对这些患者进行紧急手术的麻醉学专家和住院医师应遵循简单易懂的算法，以确保安全。在为患者提供治疗之前为医疗保健提供者提供理论和实践培训，将有助于确保患者-医疗保健提供者的安全，并防止恐慌，这可能会给医疗保健提供者带来困扰。
