Early Outcomes From Early Tracheostomy for Patients With COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Decision-making in the timing of tracheostomy in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has centered on the intersection of long-standing debates on the benefits of early vs late tracheostomy, assumptions about timelines of infectivity of the novel coronavirus, and concern over risk to surgeons performing tracheostomy. Multiple consensus guidelines recommend avoiding or delaying tracheostomy, without evidence to indicate anticipated improvement in outcomes as a result.

Objective

To assess outcomes from early tracheostomy in the airway management of patients with COVID-19 requiring mechanical ventilation.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective medical record review was completed of 148 patients with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chai

SUBMITTER: Kwak PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7747038 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature