A Surgical Safety Checklist for Performing Tracheotomy in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 19.

Portugal, Louis G; Adams, Dara R; Baroody, Fuad M; Agrawal, Nishant

Portugal, Louis G; Adams, Dara R; Baroody, Fuad M; Agrawal, Nishant.

Portugal LG; Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Adams DR; Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Baroody FM; Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Agrawal N; Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg ; 163(1): 42-46, 2020 07.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-133489

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ABSTRACT

Performance of tracheotomy is a potential necessary step in the patient with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) and prolonged mechanical ventilation. Due to viral aerosolization, tracheotomy carries a high risk of transmission of COVID-19 to the health care team performing the procedure. We share our institution's surgical safety checklist for performing tracheotomy in patients with COVID-19, including key modifications intended to mitigate risk to the surgical team.

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Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections/complications; Disease Transmission, Infectious/prevention & control; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral/complications; Respiratory Insufficiency/therapy; Tracheotomy/standards; COVID-19; Checklist; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections/transmission; Humans; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral/transmission; Respiration, Artificial/methods; Respiration, Artificial/standards; Respiratory Insufficiency/etiology; SARS-CoV-2; Treatment Outcome

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COVID-19; coronavirus; surgical safety checklist; tracheotomy

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Respiratory Insufficiency / Tracheotomy / Coronavirus Infections / Disease Transmission, Infectious / Pandemics / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Journal subject: Otolaryngology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 0194599820922981

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