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Comment
. 2020 Jul:106:104731.
doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104731. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

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

Luca D'Ascanio  1 , Gino Latini  2 , Manlio Pandolfini  2 , Damiano Giardini  2
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Corona-steps for tracheotomy in COVID-19 patients: A staff-safe method for airway management

Luca D'Ascanio et al. Oral Oncol. 2020 Jul.
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Declaration of Competing Interest All authors do not have any actual or potential conflict of interest

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Halyard closed suction system® (Registered Trademark or Trademark of Halyard Health, Inc. or its affiliates. Copyright 2016 HYH) connected with the tracheostomy cannula.
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