Tracheostomy for COVID-19: evolving best practice

Thomas Williams; Brendan A McGrath

doi:10.1186/s13054-021-03674-7

Tracheostomy for COVID-19: evolving best practice

Crit Care. 2021 Aug 31;25(1):316. doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03674-7.

Authors

Thomas Williams¹, Brendan A McGrath^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Academic Foundation Trainee, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Lancaster, UK.
² Acute Intensive Care Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK. brendan.mcgrath@manchester.ac.uk.
³ Manchester Academic Critical Care, Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK. brendan.mcgrath@manchester.ac.uk.

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2021. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2021 . Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from https://link.springer.com/bookseries/8901 .

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Viral / blood
COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / therapy*
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing
Critical Care
Humans
RNA, Viral / blood
Respiration, Artificial
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
SARS-CoV-2 / immunology
Time-to-Treatment
Tracheostomy* / methods

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
RNA, Viral