Open AccessSurgical tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients: report of 5 cases
Author(s) -
Ouissal Aissaoui,
Afak Nsiri,
Mohamed Anass Fehdi,
M. Mouhaoui,
Rachid Alharrar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pan african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.287
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1937-8688
DOI - 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.23615
Subject(s) - medicine , ards , mechanical ventilation , covid-19 , acute respiratory distress , intensive care medicine , ventilation (architecture) , lung , anesthesia , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mechanical engineering , virology , outbreak , engineering
Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) related to SARS-COV-2 is resulting in increasing numbers of patients requiring mechanical ventilation. Although tracheostomy may reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation in these patients, it is considered a highly aerosol generating procedure and controversies regarding its safety, time of realization and indications remain to date. We share our experience about 5 cases of surgical tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients performed in our ICU.