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cord-311215-x3b7ewo2	Chao, Tiffany N.	Tracheotomy in Ventilated Patients With COVID-19	2020-05-05		.txt	text/plain	2044	125	50	Here we seek to determine whether there is a subset of ventilated COVID-19 patients for which tracheotomy may be indicated, while considering patient prognosis and the risks of transmission. In a typical non-COVID-19 intensive care unit patient cohort, early tracheotomy (typically defined as within 7 days of intubation) is often recommended for critically ill ventilated patients 10 . 2. Tracheotomy before 21 days should not be routinely performed in COVID-19 patients solely for prolonged ventilator dependence, given the high risk of transmission and poor prognosis of patients requiring intubation and ventilation in the existing literature. Tracheotomy has been shown to be an aerosol generating procedure that increases the risk of transmission to healthcare workers, with an odds ratio of 4.15 for transmission in those who performed tracheotomies during the SARS epidemic 19 , though it is unclear as to whether this may be due in part to inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE).	./cache/cord-311215-x3b7ewo2.txt	./txt/cord-311215-x3b7ewo2.txt