Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought about a requirement of intensive care and mechanical ventilation for a significant portion of patients. Percutaneous tracheostomy is performed in order to reduce the complications that may develop due to prolonged endotracheal intubation.
Different methods are needed for situations in which the potential for producing aerosols is high, such as intubation and tracheostomy. One of these methods is the aerosol box.To share our experiences of percutaneous tracheostomy performed with aerosol box in COVID-19 patients. Patients who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy between March 2020 and June 2020 in the pandemic intensive care unit were evaluated retrospectively.The study is designed as a clinical trial study. This study was performed in faculty of medicine hospital's intensive care unit which is located in Canakkale province Turkey.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
24
Patients who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy with aerosol box in COVID-19 positive patients. The patients age, gender, hospitalization diagnosis, number of intubated days, anesthetic agents used during the procedure, neck ultrasonography data before and during the procedure, and complications were recorded.
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Çanakkale, Turkey (Türkiye)
Complications observed in the cases in which we applied percutaneous tracheostomy with aerosol box
Complications
Time frame: During the procedure
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