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Ahn, D; Lee, G J; Choi, Y S; Park, J W; Kim, J K; Kim, E J; Lee, Y H
British journal of surgery, 2021-Jan-27, Letnik: 108, Številka: 1Journal Article
In this retrospective multicentre cohort study that included 27 COVID-19 patients who underwent tracheostomy, the mean time between intubation and tracheostomy was 15.8 days and the negative conversion time of COVID-19 was 43.1 days. Eleven patients (40.7%) died of COVID-19 and the use of percutaneous dilatation tracheostomy was significantly associated with in-hospital death. Timely tracheostomy could be performed in COVID-19 patients, regardless of duration of intubation or positivity of COVID-19 test, with an open surgical tracheostomy as a preferable technique.
