![]() Five patients (71.4%) tested positive for COVID-19 by RT-PCR at the time of tracheostomy. ![]() We performed seven cases of percutaneous tracheostomy in the same way as in patients without COVID-19. The ICU contained negative pressure cohort areas and isolation rooms, and healthcare personnel wore a powered air-purifying respirator system. After treatment, the COVID-19 infection status of healthcare personnel was investigated by RT-PCR. The medical environment, percutaneous tracheostomy method, and COVID-19 reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results were retrospectively reviewed. Seven of these patients underwent percutaneous tracheostomy using Ciaglia Blue Rhino. Methodsĭuring the COVID-19 outbreak, 13 critically ill patients were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at Daegu Catholic University Medical Center between February 24 and April 30, 2020. We report our experience with percutaneous tracheostomy and its safety in a real medical setting. Tracheostomy is an essential procedure in critically ill COVID-19 patients however, it is an aerosol-generating technique and thus carries the risk of infection transmission. Published online November 12, 2020Ĭoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease that causes respiratory failure. Pulmonary Experience of percutaneous tracheostomy in critically ill COVID-19 patientsĮun Jin Kim, Eun-Hyung Yoo, Chi Young Jung, Kyung Chan Kim Acute Crit Care. Yonsei University College of Medicine (1).University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (1).Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) and Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Research Center (1).Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (1).National Institutes of Heart, Lung and Blood (1).National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital (1).Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (1).Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (1).Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (1).Kyungpook National University Hospital (1).Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (1).Korea Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease (1).Department of Health, Government of Western Australia (1).Chonnam National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute (1). ![]()
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