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

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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Main Authors: Rashid Nadeem, Ahmed Najah Zahra, Mustafa Hassan, Yusuf Parvez, Nilesh Gundawar, Mohammed A.M. Hussein, Manal Younis, Manoj P. Mathews, Wasim Khan, Majid Ahmed Saleh, Imran Mumtaz, Hebah Rami Aljaghoub, Ahd Elfatih, Alaa Waleed, Alaa Ghoneem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2021-04-01
Series:Dubai Medical Journal
Subjects:
clinical outcomes
coronavirus disease 2019
tracheostomy
survival
length of stay in the intensive care unit
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/515209

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