Tracheostomy Timing and Outcome in Severe COVID-19: The WeanTrach Multicenter Study.
Denise BattagliniFrancesco MissaleIrene SchiavettiMarta FilauroFrancesca IannuzziAlessandro AscoliAlberto BertazzoliFederico PascucciSalvatore GrassoFrancesco MurgoloSimone BindaDavide MaraggiaGiorgia MontrucchioGabriele SalesGiuseppe PascarellaFelice Eugenio AgròGaia FaccioSandra FerrarisSpadaro SavinoGiulia FalòNadia MeretoAlessandro UvaJessica Giuseppina MaugeriBellissima AgrippinoMaria VargasGiuseppe ServilloChiara RobbaLorenzo BallFrancesco MoraAlessio SignoriAntoní TorresDaniele Roberto GiacobbePatricia MuñozMatteo BassettiGiorgio PerettiPatricia Rieken Macêdo RoccoPaolo PelosiPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
Among critically ill patients with COVID-19, neither early nor percutaneous tracheostomy improved outcomes, but did shorten ICU stay. Infectious complications were less frequent with percutaneous than surgical tracheostomy.