High risk Procedures In ENT amid Covid 19

• Examination of the upper aerodigestive tract (nasal cavities, sinuses, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx).
• Operative procedures on the aerodigestive tract – at this time only urgent and emergency cases should be undertaken.
• Interventional outpatient procedures on the upper aerodigestive tract, e.g. all endoscopies, nasal cautery, foreign body removal, biopsies, microbiology sampling.
• Any intervention to patients with airway modifications – tracheostomy tube changes and laryngectomy patients.
• Emergency care to ENT patients: acute tonsillitis, quinsy, epistaxis, foreign bodies, complications of acute sinusitis, other airway emergencies.
• Otologic presentations do not involve the need for direct airway instrumentation but involve close proximity to patients and may provoke aerosol generation, e.g. coughing during micro-suction of ears.
• Neck lump examination may also require similar precautions. Read more - https://dnbmentors.com/kb/high-risk-procedures-in-ent-amid-covid-19/