ArticleLaryngoscope investigative otolaryngology2021
Tracheotomy in COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study on complications and timing.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Early versus late tracheostomy in critically ill COVID-19 patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- TTCOV19: timing of tracheotomy in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients: a multicentre, single-blinded, randomized, controlled trial.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Trial
- Radiologic and surgical evidence of pre-tracheal anatomies for safe procedures in older adult oncologic patients: educational implications for elective or emergent tracheotomies among novice practitioners.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Low Molecular Weight Heparin Dosing in Relation to Postoperative Bleeding After Tracheotomy in Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2-A Descriptive Study.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025Article
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- Predictors of Mortality in Patients With COVID-19 Undergoing Tracheotomy.The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology · 2023Article
- The Impact of Percutaneous Tracheotomy on Mortality and Length of Stay in the Critical Care Unit for COVID-19 ARDS.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2023Article
- Quality tracheotomy care can be maintained for non-COVID patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2022Article
- Tracheotomy in COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study on complications and timing.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to analyze the timing of tracheotomy and the duration of mechanical ventilation and stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) in patients with COVID-19 infection. Furthermore, we aimed to investigate tracheotomy complications and mortality.
methodsConsecutive patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases in Gothenburg, Sweden were identified. Medical records were retrieved and retrospectively assessed.
resultsOne hundred eighty-eight patients with COVID-19 infection requiring hospital care were identified. Of these, 116 patients were critically ill and intubated, and 55 patients underwent tracheotomy. The mean time from endotracheal intubation to tracheotomy was 12 days (range 5-28 days). There was a correlation between the timing of tracheotomy and the duration of mechanical ventilation, where a shorter time between intubation and tracheotomy was correlated with a shorter duration of mechanical ventilation (
conclusionsThis retrospective cohort study indicates that early tracheotomy is related to a reduced need for mechanical ventilation and a shorter duration of stay in the ICU in severe cases of COVID-19 disease. Complications during and after tracheotomy in this specific cohort included risk perioperative hypoxia and postoperative bleeding. Prospective randomized controlled trials would be of value to confirm these findings. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4, Case series.
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