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Practice Guideline
. 2020 Nov-Dec;71(6):386-392.
doi: 10.1016/j.otorri.2020.04.002. Epub 2020 May 11.

[Consensus document of the Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC), the Spanish Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (SEORL-CCC) and the Spanish Society of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation (SEDAR) on tracheotomy in patients with COVID-19 infection]

[Article in Spanish]
Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen  1 , Francesc Xavier Avilés-Jurado  2 , Julián Álvarez Escudero  3 , César Aldecoa Álvarez-Santuyano  4 , Candelaria de Haro López  5 , Pedro Díaz de Cerio Canduela  6 , Eduardo Ferrandis Perepérez  7 , Carlos Ferrando Ortolá  8 , Ricard Ferrer Roca  9 , Alberto Hernández Tejedor  10 , Fernando López Álvarez  11 , Pablo Monedero Rodríguez  12 , Andrea Ortiz Suñer  13 , Pablo Parente Arias  14 , Antonio Planas Roca  15 , Guillermo Plaza Mayor  16 , Pedro Rascado Sedes  17 , Jon Alexander Sistiaga Suárez  18 , Claudia Vera Ching  19 , Rosa Villalonga Vadell  20 , María Cruz Martín Delgado  21
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Practice Guideline

[Consensus document of the Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC), the Spanish Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (SEORL-CCC) and the Spanish Society of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation (SEDAR) on tracheotomy in patients with COVID-19 infection]

[Article in Spanish]
Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen et al. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp (Engl Ed). 2020 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

The current COVID-19 pandemic has rendered up to 15% of patients under mechanical ventilation. Because the subsequent tracheotomy is a frequent procedure, the three societies mostly involved (SEMICYUC, SEDAR and SEORL-CCC) have setup a consensus paper that offers an overview about indications and contraindications of tracheotomy, be it by puncture or open, clarifying its respective advantages and enumerating the ideal conditions under which they should be performed, as well as the necessary steps. Regular and emergency situations are displayed together with the postoperative measures.

Keywords: COVID-19; Mechanical ventilation; Pandemic; Tracheotomy.

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