Early Data From Case Series of Tracheostomy in Patients With SARS-CoV-2

Thirty-eight tracheostomies were performed on patients with respiratory failure secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection over the month of April at North Shore University Hospital and Lenox Hill Hospital (members of Northwell Health System in Long Island and New York City). Follow-up by May 14 revealed tha...

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Published in:Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery 2020-12, Vol.163 (6), p.1150-1152
Main Authors: Floyd, Elizabeth, Harris, Scott S., Lim, Jessica W., Edelstein, David R., Filangeri, Briana, Bruni, Margherita
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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COVID-19 - complications
COVID-19 - mortality
COVID-19 - surgery
COVID‐19
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
New York - epidemiology
novel coronavirus
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment
respiratory failure
Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology
Respiratory Insufficiency - surgery
Retrospective Studies
SARS‐CoV‐2
Tracheostomy
Treatment Outcome
Ventilator Weaning - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Thirty-eight tracheostomies were performed on patients with respiratory failure secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection over the month of April at North Shore University Hospital and Lenox Hill Hospital (members of Northwell Health System in Long Island and New York City). Follow-up by May 14 revealed that 21 (55.2%) had been weaned from ventilators and 7 (18.4%) underwent decannulation. Two patients (5.3%) expired in the weeks following tracheostomy. Between the 2 institutions, 10 attending surgeons performed all of the tracheostomies using appropriate personal protective equipment, and none demonstrated seroconversion within 1 to 2 weeks of this article.
ISSN:0194-5998
1097-6817
DOI:10.1177/0194599820940655