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Interventional pulmonology during COVID times: A look back at the year gone by.
Kottaisamy, Ramasubramaniam; Aggarwal, Manish Kumar; Goyal, Rajiv.
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  • Kottaisamy R; Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Delhi, India.
  • Aggarwal MK; Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Delhi, India.
  • Goyal R; Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Delhi, India.
Lung India ; 39(2): 152-157, 2022.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35259798
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented crisis, affecting every sphere of human life. A major challenge for health care workers (HCWs) is to care for patients with a highly contagious airborne disease, while making sure of their own safety. Interventional pulmonology (IP) procedures, like bronchoscopy, are particularly risky due to significant aerosol generation. Guidelines by several scientific bodies were framed on the precautions to be taken while performing IP procedures. We evaluated the IP procedures performed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether the precautions adopted proved adequate in preventing transmission amongst the HCWs involved in these procedures. Method: We performed a retrospective analysis of all patients who underwent IP procedures between March 2020 and November 2020, at a tertiary cancer hospital. We also evaluated the proportion of HCWs, who were involved in these procedures, and were affected by COVID-19, through their health care records. Results: We performed a total of 506 IP procedures. Two of the 18 HCWs, working in that unit, suffered from COVID-19 and recovered after a mild illness. Three HCWs were isolated with suspected infection but proved to be negative. The procedures in our IP unit were uninterrupted for the entire duration of the study period. Conclusion: IP procedures can be safely performed even in the presence of a highly contagious viral pandemic with adequate precautions.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Lung India Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: India

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Lung India Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: India