Emergency cricothyroidotomy and conversion tracheostomy in a patient with COVID-19: a case report.

Lau, Y F; Wong, F K C; Kwan, P K C

Lau, Y F; Wong, F K C; Kwan, P K C.

Affiliation

Lau YF; Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong.
Wong FKC; Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong.
Kwan PKC; Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Med J ; 27(2): 140-141, 2021 04.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33824216

Subject(s)

COVID-19/therapy; Infection Control; Protective Devices; Respiration, Artificial; SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification; Spondylitis, Ankylosing/complications; Tracheostomy/methods; Antiviral Agents/administration & dosage; COVID-19/complications; COVID-19/diagnosis; COVID-19/physiopathology; Cricoid Cartilage/surgery; Humans; Infection Control/instrumentation; Infection Control/methods; Laryngeal Muscles/surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Pneumonia, Viral/etiology; Pneumonia, Viral/physiopathology; Pulmonary Fibrosis/etiology; Pulmonary Fibrosis/physiopathology; Respiration, Artificial/instrumentation; Respiration, Artificial/methods; Respiratory Insufficiency/diagnosis; Respiratory Insufficiency/etiology; Respiratory Insufficiency/therapy; Treatment Outcome

Key words

COVID-19; Tracheostomy

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Protective Devices / Respiration, Artificial / Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Tracheostomy / Infection Control / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limits: Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Hong Kong Med J Journal subject: MEDICINA Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: Hong Kong

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