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Percutaneous Tracheostomy With COVID-19

Completed
Conditions
Tracheostomy
Registration Number
NCT04447638
Lead Sponsor
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Brief Summary

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought about a requirement of intensive care and mechanical ventilation for a significant portion of patients. Percutaneous tracheostomy is performed in order to reduce the complications that may develop due to prolonged endotracheal intubation.

Detailed Description

Different methods are needed for situations in which the potential for producing aerosols is high, such as intubation and tracheostomy. One of these methods is the aerosol box.To share our experiences of percutaneous tracheostomy performed with aerosol box in COVID-19 patients. Patients who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy between March 2020 and June 2020 in the pandemic intensive care unit were evaluated retrospectively.The study is designed as a clinical trial study. This study was performed in faculty of medicine hospital's intensive care unit which is located in Canakkale province Turkey.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
24
Inclusion Criteria
  • who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy with COVID-19(+)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients who do not give informed consent or do not want to participate in the study
  • Coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Complications observed in the cases in which we applied percutaneous tracheostomy with aerosol boxDuring the procedure

Complications

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University

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Canakkale, Turkey

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