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Outcomes of tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients in National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Salwa ALHumaid, Mohammed A. Elkrim, Yazeed A. AlOqaili, Ghada A. AlSowailmi, Fahad A. AlObaid, Abdulaziz A. AlSalem, Mohammed A. AlQabasani, Yaseen M. Arabi and Hasan M. AlDorzi
Saudi Medical Journal November 2021, 42 (11) 1217-1222; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210505
Salwa ALHumaid
From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ALHumaid, Elkrim, AlOqaili, AlObaid, AlSalem, AlQabasani), Department of Surgery; from the Department of Intensive Care Unit (Arabi, AlDorzi), King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital National Guard Health Affairs, and from the College of Medicine (AlSowailmi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Elkrim
From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ALHumaid, Elkrim, AlOqaili, AlObaid, AlSalem, AlQabasani), Department of Surgery; from the Department of Intensive Care Unit (Arabi, AlDorzi), King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital National Guard Health Affairs, and from the College of Medicine (AlSowailmi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yazeed A. AlOqaili
From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ALHumaid, Elkrim, AlOqaili, AlObaid, AlSalem, AlQabasani), Department of Surgery; from the Department of Intensive Care Unit (Arabi, AlDorzi), King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital National Guard Health Affairs, and from the College of Medicine (AlSowailmi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ghada A. AlSowailmi
From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ALHumaid, Elkrim, AlOqaili, AlObaid, AlSalem, AlQabasani), Department of Surgery; from the Department of Intensive Care Unit (Arabi, AlDorzi), King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital National Guard Health Affairs, and from the College of Medicine (AlSowailmi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fahad A. AlObaid
From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ALHumaid, Elkrim, AlOqaili, AlObaid, AlSalem, AlQabasani), Department of Surgery; from the Department of Intensive Care Unit (Arabi, AlDorzi), King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital National Guard Health Affairs, and from the College of Medicine (AlSowailmi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulaziz A. AlSalem
From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ALHumaid, Elkrim, AlOqaili, AlObaid, AlSalem, AlQabasani), Department of Surgery; from the Department of Intensive Care Unit (Arabi, AlDorzi), King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital National Guard Health Affairs, and from the College of Medicine (AlSowailmi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. AlQabasani
From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ALHumaid, Elkrim, AlOqaili, AlObaid, AlSalem, AlQabasani), Department of Surgery; from the Department of Intensive Care Unit (Arabi, AlDorzi), King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital National Guard Health Affairs, and from the College of Medicine (AlSowailmi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yaseen M. Arabi
From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ALHumaid, Elkrim, AlOqaili, AlObaid, AlSalem, AlQabasani), Department of Surgery; from the Department of Intensive Care Unit (Arabi, AlDorzi), King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital National Guard Health Affairs, and from the College of Medicine (AlSowailmi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hasan M. AlDorzi
From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ALHumaid, Elkrim, AlOqaili, AlObaid, AlSalem, AlQabasani), Department of Surgery; from the Department of Intensive Care Unit (Arabi, AlDorzi), King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital National Guard Health Affairs, and from the College of Medicine (AlSowailmi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 42 no. 11 1217-1222
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210505
PubMed 
34732554

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received June 25, 2021
  • Accepted September 28, 2021
  • Published online November 3, 2021.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Salwa ALHumaid, MD,
  2. Mohammed A. Elkrim, MD,
  3. Yazeed A. AlOqaili, MD,
  4. Ghada A. AlSowailmi, MBBS⇑,
  5. Fahad A. AlObaid, MD,
  6. Abdulaziz A. AlSalem, MD,
  7. Mohammed A. AlQabasani, MD,
  8. Yaseen M. Arabi, MD and
  9. Hasan M. AlDorzi, MD
  1. From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ALHumaid, Elkrim, AlOqaili, AlObaid, AlSalem, AlQabasani), Department of Surgery; from the Department of Intensive Care Unit (Arabi, AlDorzi), King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital National Guard Health Affairs, and from the College of Medicine (AlSowailmi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ghada A. Alsowailmi, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: alsowailmi291{at}ksau-hs.edu.sa ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5457-0576
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Salwa ALHumaid, Mohammed A. Elkrim, Yazeed A. AlOqaili, Ghada A. AlSowailmi, Fahad A. AlObaid, Abdulaziz A. AlSalem, Mohammed A. AlQabasani, Yaseen M. Arabi, Hasan M. AlDorzi
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