Prevalence and Timing of Tracheostomy and Its Impact on Clinical Outcomes in COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients in Dubai Hospital

Introduction: Coronavirus has caused more than a million deaths as of October 2020. Hospitals consider tracheostomy after the patient is virus negative, usually after 3 weeks. Prevalence and timing of tracheostomy and its impact on survival among COVID patients are unknown. Methods: A retrospective,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Dubai Medical Journal 2021-07, Vol.4 (2), p.151-155
Hauptverfasser: Nadeem, Rashid, Zahra, Ahmed Najah, Hassan, Mustafa, Parvez, Yusuf, Gundawar, Nilesh, Hussein, Mohammed A.M., Younis, Manal, Mathews, Manoj P., Khan, Wasim, Saleh, Majid Ahmed, Mumtaz, Imran, Aljaghoub, Hebah Rami, Elfatih, Ahd, Waleed, Alaa, Ghoneem, Alaa
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Coronavirus has caused more than a million deaths as of October 2020. Hospitals consider tracheostomy after the patient is virus negative, usually after 3 weeks. Prevalence and timing of tracheostomy and its impact on survival among COVID patients are unknown. Methods: A retrospective, single-center study of all patients with COVID-19 ARDS who underwent tracheostomy was conducted. Patients with age
ISSN:2571-726X
2571-726X
DOI:10.1159/000515209