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Comment
. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e777-e778.
doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004167.

Comment on "Tracheotomy in Ventilated Patients With COVID-19"

George Garas, Ali Sameer Mallick, Gerard O'Donoghue
Comment

Comment on "Tracheotomy in Ventilated Patients With COVID-19"

George Garas et al. Ann Surg. .
No abstract available

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Comment on

  • Tracheotomy in Ventilated Patients With COVID-19.
    Chao TN, Braslow BM, Martin ND, Chalian AA, Atkins J, Haas AR, Rassekh CH; Guidelines from the COVID-19 Tracheotomy Task Force, a Working Group of the Airway Safety Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Chao TN, et al. Ann Surg. 2020 Jul;272(1):e30-e32. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003956. Ann Surg. 2020. PMID: 32379079 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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