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Background: Tracheostomy is a useful tool in the management of mechanically ventilated patients allowing shorter ICU length of stay and sedative consumption. Although its use in COVID-19 patients was initially controversial, we decided to introduce tracheostomy in our strategy of ICU patient management. The aim of our retrospective study is to describe the outcomes of intubated COVID-19 patients comparing patients who underwent tracheostomy to those who did not.
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