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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2444-054X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía y cirujanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2444-054X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2444-054X2023000200253</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/ciru.20001342</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Resultados de traqueostomías realizadas en pacientes COVID-19 positivos en el Hospital Central del Estado Chihuahua, México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Outcomes of tracheostomies performed in COVID-19 positive patients at Hospital Central del Estado Chihuahua, Mexico]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Aponte-De la Rosa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Irving A.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Saad-Manzanera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Isabel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Solís-Valdez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Enríquez-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis B.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fabela-Lozano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Margarita A.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guevara-López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier A.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Central del Estado de Chihuahua Departamento de Cirugía General ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Chihuahua ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias Biomédicas Departamento de Investigación]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Chihuahua ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>91</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>253</fpage>
<lpage>261</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2444-054X2023000200253&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2444-054X2023000200253&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2444-054X2023000200253&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo. Realizar una descripción de las características clínicas, los factores asociados y el desenlace de las traqueostomías realizadas en pacientes con COVID-19.  Método. Estudio retrospectivo observacional de 14 pacientes a quienes se realizó traqueostomía. Diez de ellos se encontraban diagnosticados con COVID-19, confirmada con prueba RT-PCR de exudado nasofaríngeo y hallazgos tomográficos compatibles.  Resultados. De los 10 pacientes, cinco fueron dados de alta y cinco fallecieron. La edad promedio de los pacientes que fallecieron fue de 66.6 años, y la de los que fueron dados de alta fue de 60.4 años. De los parámetros ventilatorios, se tomó como corte una FiO2 &#8804; 40% y una PEEP &#8804; 8; entre los pacientes dados de alta, cuatro cumplían con ambos criterios. En cambio, de los pacientes que fallecieron, ninguno los cumplió. En estos últimos se documentó un promedio de APACHE II de 16.4 y un SOFA de 7.4, mientras que en los pacientes dados de alta se observó un promedio de 12.6 y 4.6, respectivamente.  Conclusiones. La traqueostomía realizada en pacientes con criterios específicos, como parámetros ventilatorios bajos, edad o puntuación baja en las escalas de gravedad, pueden llegar a tener mejor pronóstico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objective. Provide a description of clinical characteristics, associated factors and outcome of tracheostomies performed in COVID-19 patients.  Method. Observational prospective study of 14 patients who underwent tracheostomy. 10 of them were diagnosed with COVID 19, confirmed with RT-PCR test of nasopharyngeal exudate and compatible tomographic findings.  Results. Of the 10 patients, five were discharged and five died. The average age of patients who died was 66.6 years; of those who were discharged, it was 60.4 years. Ventilatory parameters cut was taken as FiO2 &#8804; 40% and PEEP &#8804; 8; of the patients discharged, four met both criteria. On the other hand, of the patients who died, neither met both. Of the latter, an average of APACHE II of 16.4 and SOFA 7.4 were documented, while in discharged patients an average of 12.6 and 4.6 were observed, respectively.  Conclusions. Tracheostomy performed in patients with specific criteria, such as low ventilatory parameters, age, or low score in severity scales, may have a better prognosis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Traqueostomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pronóstico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[PEEP]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Oxígeno]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[APACHE]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tracheostomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Prognosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[PEEP]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Oxygen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[APACHE]]></kwd>
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