Abstract:Studies addressing the hospitalization of patients affected by COVID-19 have reported that length of hospital stay in intensive care unit varies between 12 and 22 days. Part of these patients require orotracheal intubation (OTI) and, in cases where OTI is prolonged and/or with complications, they consequently end up undergoing open surgical tracheostomy (OST). In most hospitals, a multidisciplinary team composed of physicians, nurses, physiotherapists and speech-language therapists is responsible for this proc… Show more
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