A Surgical Safety Checklist for Performing Tracheotomy in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 19.
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Checklist
Coronavirus Infections
/ complications
Disease Transmission, Infectious
/ prevention & control
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
/ complications
Respiration, Artificial
/ methods
Respiratory Insufficiency
/ etiology
SARS-CoV-2
Tracheotomy
/ standards
Treatment Outcome
COVID-19
coronavirus
surgical safety checklist
tracheotomy
Journal
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
ISSN: 1097-6817
Titre abrégé: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8508176
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
29
4
2020
medline:
16
7
2020
entrez:
29
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32340546
doi: 10.1177/0194599820922981
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
42-46Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn