Ahmad Nauman, Zahoor Abdul, Ahmad Abdulaziz E, El Dawlatly Abdelazeem
Department of Anesthesia, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Anesthesia, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi J Anaesth. 2020 Jul-Sep;14(3):355-358. doi: 10.4103/sja.SJA_260_20. Epub 2020 Apr 17.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been declared a global pandemic. With a mortality rate reaching up to 5%, healthcare professionals treating patients with COVID-19 are at a significantly higher risk for exposure themselves. Given the rapidly progressing rate of COVID-19, there is an urgent need for developing guidelines within each specialty. This article discusses guidelines specifically for anesthesiologists dealing with ophthalmic surgeries with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients. Anesthesiologists always work in the proximity of the patient's face while performing either ocular regional anesthesia or while managing the airway in the process of intubation/extubation. Within these guidelines, the emphasis is provided on thorough preoperative screening to identify COVID-19 patients and to prevent the exposure of healthcare staff by following standard personal protective equipment (PPE) precautions.
新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）的爆发已被宣布为全球大流行。鉴于其死亡率高达5%，治疗COVID-19患者的医护人员自身面临的暴露风险显著更高。鉴于COVID-19的快速传播速度，各专业迫切需要制定指南。本文讨论了专门针对麻醉医生处理疑似或确诊COVID-19患者眼科手术的指南。麻醉医生在进行眼部区域麻醉或在插管/拔管过程中管理气道时，总是在患者面部附近工作。在这些指南中，重点是进行全面的术前筛查，以识别COVID-19患者，并通过遵循标准的个人防护装备（PPE）预防措施来防止医护人员暴露。
