Indications and timing to perform tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit: a review

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a fatal and evolving disease and associated with more complication such as respiratory failure and requirement of mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (ICU). Tracheostomy is a commonly performed surgical procedure done at ICU for prolonged ventilation of the COVID-19 patients. The indications and timing to do tracheostomy on COVID-19 patients are controversial. The requirement of prolonged invasive...