Anesthesia Services in the Time of COVID

Authors

James Chen, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, University of LouisvilleFollow
Daisy Sangroula, Director of OB Anesthesia, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KYFollow
Katelyn Williams, Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KYFollow
Sydney Pham, Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KYFollow
Ozan Akca, Vice Chair, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine; Director, Stroke ICU, CSCRP, University of Louisville, Louisville, KYFollow
Jiapeng Huang, Vice Chair, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KYFollow
Sean Clifford, Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KYFollow

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The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Abstract

Our hospital is a 400-bed, Level-1 trauma center with 78 intensive care unit (ICU) beds serving the greater Louisville metropolitan area. The COVID-19 pandemic forced our hospital to re-evaluate our core business operations and to develop a coherent response to a fluid situation. Between March 15 and May 15, 2020, the University of Louisville Hospital admitted more than 100 COVID-19 inpatients; approximately 30 were admitted to the ICU, and most required endotracheal intubation. The following review describes our Department of Anesthesiology \& Perioperative Medicine foci, actions, and rationale during the COVID-19 pandemic. While we hope not to experience another pandemic in the near future, this review may be a helpful starting point for preparing for future respiratory spread pandemics.

DOI

10.18297/jri/vol4/iss1/57

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Chen, James; Sangroula, Daisy; Williams, Katelyn; Pham, Sydney; Akca, Ozan; Huang, Jiapeng; and Clifford, Sean (2020) "Anesthesia Services in the Time of COVID," The University of Louisville Journal of Respiratory Infections: Vol. 4 : Iss. 1 , Article 57.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18297/jri/vol4/iss1/57
Available at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jri/vol4/iss1/57