Specific Considerations for the Protection of Patients and Echocardiography Service Providers When Performing Perioperative or Periprocedural Transesophageal Echocardiography during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: Council on Perioperative Echocardiography Supplement to the Statement of the American Society of Echocardiography Endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 Jun;33(6):666-669. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2020.04.008. Epub 2020 Apr 11.

Abstract

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    TEE carries a high risk for SARS-CoV-2 spread.

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    TEE should be performed when clinical benefits outweigh the risks.

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    Proper handling and cleaning of equipment is critical.

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    Airborne precautions should be used in patients suspected or confirmed COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; Patient; Perioperative; Periprocedural; Protection.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesiology / standards*
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Child
  • Consensus
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
  • Female
  • Fetal Heart / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / embryology
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Patient Safety
  • Perioperative Care / standards*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Societies, Medical
  • United States / epidemiology