Sedation and Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Tracheostomy in COVID-19, a Multi-Center Registry

• Published in: Journal of intensive care medicine Vol. 37; no. 2; p. 240
• Main Authors: Kapp, Christopher M, Latifi, Ardian, Feller-Kopman, David, Atkins, Joshua H, Ben Or, Esther, Dibardino, David, Haas, Andrew R, Thiboutot, Jeffrey, Hutchinson, Christoph T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Analgesia; COVID-19; Humans; Registries; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Tracheostomy; acute respiratory distress syndrome; tracheostomy tube; covid-19; physical therapy; sedation

Patients with COVID-19 ARDS require significant amounts of sedation and analgesic medications which can lead to longer hospital/ICU length of stay, delirium, and has been associated with increased mortality. Tracheostomy has been shown to decrease the amount of sedative, anxiolytic and analgesic med...