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cord-343773-9f7ew8uj	Volo, T.	Elective tracheostomy during COVID-19 outbreak: to whom, when, how? Early experience from Venice, Italy	2020-07-12		.txt	text/plain	3621	199	52	METHODS: A retrospective cohort study on 23 COVID 19 patients, to analyse the timing of tracheostomy, the risk factors associated with in-hospital death and the infection of the involved health care workers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the timing, appropriateness and staff security of tracheostomy in patients receiving PMV in our medical-surgical ICU for SARS-COVID19. Tracheostomy in patients with COVID-19-associated respiratory failure is a challenging procedure due to both its severity, duration and risk of infections. Considering that in our study, mean time from intubation to death was 21 days, for patients with higher SOFA score and higher D-dimer level, we suggest to wait until 21 days to decide for tracheostomy to avoid clinically vain procedures for patients and to rule out health care workers from worthless exposure risks.	./cache/cord-343773-9f7ew8uj.txt	./txt/cord-343773-9f7ew8uj.txt