… This study included 564 unique hospitalized patients admitted between March 1 and April
8, 2020, who tested positive for COVID-19 on a polymerase chain reaction assay. After review …

… patients who require prolonged intubation… patients intubated only for the period of a surgical
operation, the incidence of hoarseness is high (29,34). In one series of 100 surgical patients …

… Our meta-analysis suggests that in adult patients with prolonged intubation, early tracheostomy
is significantly associated with reduction in incidence of hospital acquired pneumonia, …

… Forty patients who were hospitalized in intensive care units between April 15, 2019, and
November 15, 2019, in our hospital and underwent tracheotomy due to prolonged …

… hospital records for 93% (531 57) of patients and 92% (73/79) of episodes of crisis. We
excluded one patient with MG who was intubated … room, and two patients who were intubated for …

… mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery, early tracheotomy provided no benefit in
terms of mechanical ventilation duration, length of hospital stay, mortality rate, or frequency of …

… in this study group developed a clinically significant aspiration while in the hospital, and
there were no deaths. Seventeen (63%) of the 27 aspirators showed improved swallowing and …

… We present our case series and a revision of the literature of COVID-19 patients who
developed TS after prolonged IMV and were managed in our hospital. We present the following …

… Randomization was based on the last digit of the patient's hospital number; even … patient
included in this study had a specific indication for prolonged intubation and remained intubated …

… Prolonged intubation rates after undergoing CABG surgery in our setting were comparable
with those … In our cohort, the ICURSS was not useful for the prediction of length of intubation …