key: cord-0776679-0c9g1yh5
authors: Binks, A. C.; Parkinson, S. M.; Sabbouh, V.
title: Oxygen: under or over a surgical facemask for COVID‐19 patients?
date: 2020-06-11
journal: Anaesthesia
DOI: 10.1111/anae.15166
sha: 374811dec406b37c13aa2cbf6a7a90de2a8c400f
doc_id: 776679
cord_uid: 0c9g1yh5

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Patients usually require supplementary oxygen for a period of time in the recovery area [1] . Patients with COVID-19 still require elective or emergency surgery and there appears to be a lower threshold for tracheal intubation in these patients [2] , necessitating the use of mechanical ventilation and neuromuscular blocking drugs. It, therefore, follows that they will likely need supplementary oxygen for a period of time following 

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