• Anesthesia and analgesia · Jul 2020

    Review

    COVID-19 in the Cancer Patient.

    • Cindy B Yeoh, Kathleen J Lee, Elizabeth F Rieth, Renee Mapes, Anna V Tchoudovskaia, Gregory W Fischer, and Luis E Tollinche.
    • From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
    • Anesth. Analg. 2020 Jul 1; 131 (1): 162316-23.

    AbstractThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in China in December 2019. Since then, it has spread across the world to become one of the most serious life-threatening pandemics since the influenza pandemic of 1918. This review article will focus on the specific risks and nuanced considerations of COVID-19 in the cancer patient. Important perioperative management recommendations during this outbreak are emphasized, in addition to discussion of current treatment techniques and strategies available in the battle against COVID-19.

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