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cord-268476-3lxsh1zz	Skoog, Hunter	Tracheotomy in the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic	2020-04-29		.txt	text/plain	1504	91	44	The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)‐CoV‐2 pandemic continues to produce a large number of patients with chronic respiratory failure and ventilator dependence. The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2 pandemic continues to produce a large number of patients with chronic respiratory failure and ventilator dependence. Our priorities in establishing these guidelines included: optimal patient care, protection of medical personnel, minimizing further spread of the virus and preservation of important resources (ICU beds, ventilators, and PPE). Due to the paucity of data regarding the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, the literature from the SARS epidemic of In Canada, 43% of cases occurred in health care workers as a result of AGPs. 1,2 One instance involved a difficult intubation of a patient who was under investigation for SARS. There are multiple reports 3,4 of safely performing tracheotomy on patients with SARS without infecting health care workers.	./cache/cord-268476-3lxsh1zz.txt	./txt/cord-268476-3lxsh1zz.txt