CORONA-steps for tracheotomy in COVID-19 patients: A staff-safe method for airway management

• The recent outbreak of SARS‐CoV‐2 has assumed worldwide proportion. • Tracheostomy in intubated COVID-19 patients requires adjunctive safeguards. • A step-by-step approach named CORONA is proposed in order to recall essential recommendations during the surgical procedure. • The CORONA-method would...

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Autores principales: Pichi, Barbara, Mazzola, Francesco, Bonsembiante, Anna, Petruzzi, Gerardo, Zocchi, Jacopo, Moretto, Silvia, De Virgilio, Armando, Pellini, Raul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7136881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32278111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104682
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Sumario:• The recent outbreak of SARS‐CoV‐2 has assumed worldwide proportion. • Tracheostomy in intubated COVID-19 patients requires adjunctive safeguards. • A step-by-step approach named CORONA is proposed in order to recall essential recommendations during the surgical procedure. • The CORONA-method would allow a secure space in which health workers can guarantee their activity, safely.

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