Head & neck, 2020-06, Vol.42 (6), p.1209-1213
2020
Details
- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Managing head and neck cancer patients with tracheostomy or laryngectomy during the COVID‐19 pandemic
- Ist Teil von
- Head & neck, 2020-06, Vol.42 (6), p.1209-1213
- Ort / Verlag
- Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2020
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- Wiley Online Library All Journals
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Head and neck cancer patients with tracheostomies and laryngectomies, as well as their healthcare providers, face unique challenges in the context of the current COVID‐19 pandemic. This document consolidates best available evidence to date and presents recommendations to minimize the risks of aerosolization and SARS‐CoV‐2 exposures in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. The cornerstones of these recommendations include the use of closed‐circuit ventilation whenever possible, cuffed tracheostomy tubes, judicious use of heat moisture exchange units, appropriate personal protective equipment for providers and patients, meticulous hand hygiene, and minimal manipulation of tracheostomy tubes.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1043-3074eISSN: 1097-0347DOI: 10.1002/hed.26171Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7262107
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Aerosolization, Communicable Disease Control - methods, Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control, COVID-19, Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control, Evidence-Based Medicine, Female, Head & neck cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology, Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery, Humans, Laryngectomy, Laryngectomy - methods, Male, Occupational Health, Ostomy, Pandemics, Pandemics - prevention & control, Pandemics - statistics & numerical data, Patient Safety, Personal Protective Equipment - supply & distribution, Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Risk Assessment, SARS‐CoV‐2, Special Issue, Surgical Oncology - standards, Tracheostomy, Tracheostomy - methods, United States, Ventilation