NYU Langone Health Develops Novel Tracheostomy Approach to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Risk of ...
(WorldNews Health)

NEW YORK, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians at NYU Langone Health have developed a newer and perhaps safer approach to tracheostomy that addresses two important challenges: improve care for COVID-19 patients who require prolonged intubation and ventilator support, and reduce `super-spreading` events that pose a risk to healthcare workers. Tracheostomy allows for easier removal of secretions from the airway, which has been a leading cause of death in prolonged intubated patients with COVID-19. In addition, it often results in less use of paralytic medications and affords patients the chance to be awake and alert, and to mobilize to maintain muscular strength. However, most...