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. 2020 Apr 15;5(1):e000482.
doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000482. eCollection 2020.

Performing tracheostomy during the Covid-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Christopher P Michetti  1 , Clay Cothren Burlew  2 , Eileen M Bulger  3 , Kimberly A Davis  4 , David A Spain  5 ; Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
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Performing tracheostomy during the Covid-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Christopher P Michetti et al. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: critical care; guideline; infections; tracheostomy.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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