Walking the line between benefit and harm from tracheostomy in COVID-19

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¹ Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Netherlands. Electronic address: marcus.j.schultz@gmail.com.
² Critical Care Unit, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela, Orissa, India.
³ Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Netherlands.

Comment

Marcus J Schultz et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;8(7):656-657.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30231-9. Epub 2020 May 15.

¹ Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Netherlands. Electronic address: marcus.j.schultz@gmail.com.
² Critical Care Unit, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela, Orissa, India.
³ Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Netherlands.

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Tracheostomy in the COVID-19 era: global and multidisciplinary guidance.
McGrath BA, Brenner MJ, Warrillow SJ, Pandian V, Arora A, Cameron TS, Añon JM, Hernández Martínez G, Truog RD, Block SD, Lui GCY, McDonald C, Rassekh CH, Atkins J, Qiang L, Vergez S, Dulguerov P, Zenk J, Antonelli M, Pelosi P, Walsh BK, Ward E, Shang Y, Gasparini S, Donati A, Singer M, Openshaw PJM, Tolley N, Markel H, Feller-Kopman DJ. McGrath BA, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jul;8(7):717-725. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30230-7. Epub 2020 May 15. Lancet Respir Med. 2020. PMID: 32422180 Free PMC article. Review.

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