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Published on: January 17, 2011
Reducing Aerosol Generation During Ventilator Weaning in a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patient Using a Supraglottic
Masayuki Ozaki1, Yuma Yasuda, Naruhiro Jingushi
1From the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Abstract:
We report weaning from mechanical ventilation with no coughing in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Substituting the endotracheal tube for a supraglottic airway (SGA), which is less stimulating to the trachea, can reduce coughing with weaning from mechanical ventilation and extubation. Personal protective equipment is in short supply worldwide. Reducing spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is beneficial in terms of occupational health of health care workers.
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