Characteristics of Patient with Emergency Tracheostomy in the Covid-19 Era
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-280-4_13How to use a DOI?
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- Emergency tracheostomy; tracheostomy; airways obstruction
- Abstract
- Background
Emergency tracheostomy is surgical procedure which is increasingly being performed. Tracheostomy is surgical opening in trachea which creating opening in anterior tracheal wall and converting it into stoma. Emergency tracheostomy is indicated when an upper airway obstruction cases. Objective: To determine characteristic of patient with emergency tracheostomy in dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital during covid 19 era. Methods: We retrospectively studied the patient who underwent emergency tracheostomy from January 2020 to December 2021 by an otolaryngologist doctors at dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital. Characteristics, indication, covid 19 test status and complication of patients were reviewed. Results: The study included 260 patients (161 men and 99 women) with median age of 50 of years. Over half presented with dyspnea (58%). Underlying diseases cause of upper airways obstruction are head and neck cancer (65% patients), deep neck infection (22% patients), and laryngotracheobronchitis (5% patients). Stridor with suprasternal retraction was the most frequent symptom (62%). Complication occurred in 31 (12%) patients: subcutaneous emphysema in 24(77%), hemorrhage in 5(16%), and infection in 2(6%). Conclusion: Emergency tracheostomy is life-saving procedure for patient with upper airways obstruction. The challenging during this pandemic must be considered such as PPE availability, negative pressure airflow room, and multidisciplinary team. It is safe and effective with low complication rate procedure to secure an airways in this patients.
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TY - CONF AU - Y. Erick Maulana AU - S. Raden Ayu Hardianti AU - S. Ongka Muhammad PY - 2023 DA - 2023/10/31 TI - Characteristics of Patient with Emergency Tracheostomy in the Covid-19 Era BT - Proceedings of the 19 th Otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery national congress (PERHATIKL 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 74 EP - 78 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-280-4_13 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-280-4_13 ID - ErickMaulana2023 ER -