Thoracic Anesthesia during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection Pandemic: 2021 Updated Recommendations for Airway Management by the EACTAIC Thoracic Subspecialty Committee

The novel coronavirus pandemic has radically changed the landscape of normal surgical practice. Lifesaving cancer surgery, however, remains a clinical priority and there is an increasing need to fully define the optimal oncological management of patients with varying stages of lung cancer, allowing prioritization of which thoracic procedures should be performed in the current era. Health care providers and managers should not ignore the risk of a bimodal peak of mortality in patients with lung cancer: an imminent spike due to mortality from acute COVID-19 infection and a secondary peak reflecting an excess of cancer-related mortality among patients whose treatments were de-intensified, delayed or cancelled.

Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - July 26, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Mert Şentürk, Mohamed R. El Tahan, Ben Shelley, Laszlo L. SZEGEDI, Federico Piccioni, Marc-Joseph Licker, Waheedullah Karzai, Manuel Granell Gil, Vojislava Neskovic, Caroline Vanpeteghem, Paolo Pelosi, Edmond Cohen, Massimiliano Sorbello, Johan Bence, R Tags: SPECIAL ARTICLE Source Type: research