General Physician, Universidad de Ias Americas, Ecuador
Review
Tracheostomy in Patients with covid-19: Current Recommendations
Author(s): Faruk Hernandez Sampayo*, Serigo Antanio Barahona Botache, Sofia Doria Castro, Nestor Fabian Sanabria Duarte, Steve Munoz and Juli o Cesar Cabeza Morales
Background: COVID-19 continues to present uncertainty
regarding the possibilities of treatment in critically ill
patients, due to the uncontrolled spread of the pandemic,
intensivists and acute care surgeons have had difficulties
treating patients with COVID-19 who are critically ill;
Tracheostomy is a common procedure in these patients who
require a prolonged period of mechanical ventilation and
there are various recommendations and precautions that
must be taken when it is necessary to implement it.
Methodology: A narrative review was carried out through
various databases in August 2021, the search and selection
of articles was carried out in journals indexed in first and
second languages.
Results: Currently, due to the high morbidity rate due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, many of the .. View More»
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