Table 2.
Literature concerning intubation and SARS-CoV-2 virus in 2020.
| Study | Region | Design | Main topic or result |
| Cook [32] | United Kingdom | Narrative review | Purpose and use of PPEa |
| Wax [31] | Canada | Review | Anesthesia guidelines |
| Heinzerling [33] | United States | Case series | 3/121 (24.8%) of health care professionals tested positive |
| Meng [34] |
China | Experience paper | 29% of hospitalized COVID-19b patients were health care providers |
| Sorbello [35] | Italy | Experience paper | High level PPE for aerosol-generating procedures |
| Yao [36] | China | Experience paper | Anesthesia advice for intubation |
| Zhao [21] | China | Retrospective cohort study | Anesthetic management guidelines |
| Zuo [37] | China | Experience paper | Anesthesia guidelines |
| Giwa [38] | Italy | Experience paper | Complete COVID-19 overview |
| Greenland [39] | United States | Review | Intubation advice |
| Kim [40] | South Korea | Expert opinion | Anesthesia advice |
| Au Yong [41] | Singapore | Experience paper | Intubation advice |
| Zhang [42] | China | Case series | No health care providers infected |
aPPE: personal protective equipment.
bCOVID-19: coronavirus disease.