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Regional Anesthesia Practices in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Introduction The aim of the survey was to investigate the changes, methods, and preferences in regional anesthesia (RA) applications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Methods The questionnaire prepared on surveymonkey.com was sent to anesthesiology and reanimation specialists by e-mail. Result...

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Autores principales: Cesur, Sevim, Aksu, Can, Kuş, Alparslan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7524015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33005547
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10135
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description Introduction The aim of the survey was to investigate the changes, methods, and preferences in regional anesthesia (RA) applications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Methods The questionnaire prepared on surveymonkey.com was sent to anesthesiology and reanimation specialists by e-mail. Results A total of 126 physicians participated in the study. Forty-two point sixty-two percent (42.62%) of the participants reported an increase in RA practices in their clinical anesthesia applications, whereas 57.38% did not state any change. Neuraxial anesthesia was determined to be the most preferred RA application, with a rate of 74%. The distribution of peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) showed that upper extremity blocks were used at a rate of 64.9%, lower extremity blocks at 30.38%, and trunk blocks at 15%. Investigation of neurostimulator (NS) and/or ultrasound (US) use with PNB showed that 44% of the participants used only US while 50% used both US and NS. Conclusion Neuraxial blocks play an important role in RA applications. PNB comprise one-quarter of RA applications during the pandemic. The importance of ultrasound has gradually increased in RA applications worldwide, as well as in Turkey, during the pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-75240152020-09-30 Regional Anesthesia Practices in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic Cesur, Sevim Aksu, Can Kuş, Alparslan Cureus Anesthesiology Introduction The aim of the survey was to investigate the changes, methods, and preferences in regional anesthesia (RA) applications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Methods The questionnaire prepared on surveymonkey.com was sent to anesthesiology and reanimation specialists by e-mail. Results A total of 126 physicians participated in the study. Forty-two point sixty-two percent (42.62%) of the participants reported an increase in RA practices in their clinical anesthesia applications, whereas 57.38% did not state any change. Neuraxial anesthesia was determined to be the most preferred RA application, with a rate of 74%. The distribution of peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) showed that upper extremity blocks were used at a rate of 64.9%, lower extremity blocks at 30.38%, and trunk blocks at 15%. Investigation of neurostimulator (NS) and/or ultrasound (US) use with PNB showed that 44% of the participants used only US while 50% used both US and NS. Conclusion Neuraxial blocks play an important role in RA applications. PNB comprise one-quarter of RA applications during the pandemic. The importance of ultrasound has gradually increased in RA applications worldwide, as well as in Turkey, during the pandemic. Cureus 2020-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7524015/ /pubmed/33005547 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10135 Text en Copyright © 2020, Cesur et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Regional Anesthesia Practices in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_fullStr Regional Anesthesia Practices in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_short Regional Anesthesia Practices in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort regional anesthesia practices in turkey during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Anesthesiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7524015/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10135
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