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Open Access 01-12-2021 | COVID-19 | Review

Tracheostomy for COVID-19: evolving best practice

Authors: Thomas Williams, Brendan A. McGrath

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2021

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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.

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Title: Tracheostomy for COVID-19: evolving best practice
Authors: Thomas Williams
Brendan A. McGrath
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: COVID-19
Tracheostomy
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03674-7

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