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Open versus percutaneous tracheostomy in COVID-19: a multicentre comparison and recommendation for future resource utilisation.

Aleix RoviraStephen TricklebankPavol SurdaStephen WhebellJoe ZhangArun TakharElizabeth YeungKathleen FanImran AhmedPhillip HopkinsDeborah DawsonJonathan BallRam KumarWaqas KhaliqRicard SimoAsit Arora
Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)
In patients with COVID-19 pneumonitis that require tracheostomy to facilitate weaning from mechanical ventilation, there was no difference in outcomes between those patients that had percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy compared with those that had surgical tracheostomy. Planning for future surges in COVID-19-related critical care demands should utilise all available resource and expertise.
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