Anaesthesia-related drugs and SARS-CoV-2 infection

Br J Anaesth. 2021 Jul;127(1):e32-e34. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.03.026. Epub 2021 Apr 5.

Authors

Kazuyoshi Hirota¹, David G Lambert²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan. Electronic address: hirotak@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.
² University Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; NSAID; SARS-CoV-2; anaesthetic drugs; opioid; premedication.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anesthetics / administration & dosage
Anesthetics / metabolism*
COVID-19 / metabolism*
COVID-19 / surgery
Humans
SARS-CoV-2 / drug effects
SARS-CoV-2 / metabolism*

Substances

Anesthetics