Experience of percutaneous tracheostomy in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease that causes respiratory failure. Tracheostomy is an essential procedure in critically ill COVID-19 patients; however, it is an aerosol-generating technique and thus carries the risk of infection transmission. We report our...

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Main Authors: Eun Jin Kim, Eun-Hyung Yoo, Chi Young Jung, Kyung Chan Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine 2020-11-01
Series:Acute and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.accjournal.org/upload/pdf/acc-2020-00444.pdf