Endotracheal intubation confirmation in COVID-19 patients: (ultra)sound is better than silence

Affiliations

• ¹ Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Marco Polyclinic Hospital, Catania, Italy - [email protected].
• ² Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Clinic of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona, Italy.
• ³ Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy.
• ⁴ Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.
• ⁵ Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Critical Area, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy.
• ⁶ Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy.
• ⁷ Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Cremona, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.