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Appearance and management of COVID-19 laryngo-tracheitis: two case reports

We present two cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related laryngotracheitis in good-prognosis, ventilated patients who had failed extubation. As the pandemic continues to unfold across the globe and better management of those with respiratory failure develops, this may be an increasingly c...

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Autores principales: Oliver, Charles Matthew, Campbell, Marta, Dulan, Oma, Hamilton, Nick, Birchall, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32724561
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.23204.2
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Sumario:We present two cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related laryngotracheitis in good-prognosis, ventilated patients who had failed extubation. As the pandemic continues to unfold across the globe and better management of those with respiratory failure develops, this may be an increasingly common scenario. Close ENT-intensivist liaison, meticulous team preparation, early consideration of rigid endoscopy and prospective data collection and case sharing are recommended.