Zhao S, Ling K, Yan H, et al. - Researchers aimed at preventing cross-infection in the operating room during emergency procedures for patients with confirmed or suspected 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by following anesthesia management protocols. In addition, they inscribed clinical- and anesthesia-related characteristics of these patients. In this retrospective, multicenter clinical study, they analyzed dataset from 4 hospitals in Wuhan, China. Intervention comprised drafting and application of anesthetic management and infection control guidelines for emergency procedures for patients with suspected 2019-nCoV in 4 hospitals in Wuhan. As per observations, cross-infection in the operating room could be effectively prevented with implementation of COVID 19–specific guidelines for emergency procedures for patients with confirmed or suspected 2019-nCoV. In most patients with confirmed or suspected COVID 19, fever and dry cough were the presenting symptoms and bilateral multiple mottling and ground-glass opacity were present on chest computed tomography scans.