Outcomes of Early Versus Late Tracheostomy in Patients With COVID-19: A Multinational Cohort Study

Objectives:. Timing of tracheostomy in patients with COVID-19 has attracted substantial attention. Initial guidelines recommended delaying or avoiding tracheostomy due to the potential for particle aerosolization and theoretical risk to providers. However, early tracheostomy could improve patient ou...

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Main Authors: Constance S. Harrell Shreckengost, MD, PhD, Jorge Esteban Foianini, MD, Karen Milenka Moron Encinas, MD, Hugo Tola Guarachi, MD, Katrina Abril, MD, MSc, Dina Amin, DDS, David Berkowitz, MD, Christine Aisha Castater, MD, J. Miller Douglas, BS, April A. Grant, MD, Onkar Vohra Khullar, MD, Andrea Nichole Lane, PhD, Alice Lin, MPH, Abesh Niroula, MD, Azhar Nizam, MS, Ammar Rashied, MS, Alexandra W. Reitz, MD, MPH, Steven M. Roser, DMD, MD, Julia Spychalski, BS, Sérgio Samir Arap, MD, PhD, Ricardo Ferreira Bento, MD, PhD, Pedro Prosperi Desenzi Ciaralo, MD, Rui Imamura, MD, PhD, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, MD, PhD, Ali Mahmoud, MD, Alessandro Wasum Mariani, MD, PhD, Carlos Augusto Metidieri Menegozzo, MD, Hélio Minamoto, MD, PhD, Fábio Luiz M. Montenegro, MD, PhD, Paulo Manoel Pêgo-Fernandes, MD, PhD, Jones Santos, Jr, MD, Edivaldo Massozo Utiyama, MD, Jithin K. Sreedharan, BScRT, MScRT, Or Kalchiem-Dekel, MD, Jonathan Nguyen, DO, Rohan K. Dhamsania, MS, Kerianne Allen, BA, Adrian Modzik, BS, Vikas Pathak, MD, Cheryl White, RN, BSN, Juan Blas, MD, MBBS-MBChB, Issa Talal El-Abur, PhD, MSc, MD, MBBS-MBChB, Gabriel Tirado, MD, MBBS-MBChB, Carlos Yánez Benítez, MD, MSc, Thomas G. Weiser, MD, MPH, Mark Barry, MD, Marissa Boeck, MD, MPH, Michael Farrell, MD, MS, Anya Greenberg, MBA, Phoebe Miller, MS, Paul Park, MS, Maraya Camazine, MS, Deidre Dillon, BS, Randi N. Smith, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-12-01
Series:Critical Care Explorations
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000796