Tracheotomy in Ventilated Patients With COVID-19

Ann Surg. 2020 Jul;272(1):e30-e32. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003956.

Authors

Tiffany N Chao¹, Benjamin M Braslow², Niels D Martin², Ara A Chalian¹, J Atkins³, Andrew R Haas⁴, Christopher H Rassekh¹; Guidelines from the COVID-19 Tracheotomy Task Force, a Working Group of the Airway Safety Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Health System

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Clinical Decision-Making
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Intubation, Intratracheal
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Postoperative Care
Prognosis
Respiration, Artificial*
SARS-CoV-2
Tracheotomy* / methods