Perioperative challenges in managing a morbidly obese patient with COVID-19 undergoing an elective tracheostomy

Tracheostomy is an aerosol-generating procedure and performing it in patients with COVID-19 requiring mechanical ventilation raises significant concerns of infection risk to healthcare workers. We herein report a case of tracheostomy in a critically ill patient with severe COVID-19 acute respiratory...

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Autores principales: Teah, Kai Ming, Tsen, Serena Shu Ying, Fong, Kean Khang, Yeap, Tat Boon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34103307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-243559

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34103307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-243559

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