An environmental study of tracheostomy on eight COVID-19 patients

Table 1 Patients’ basic information and sampling results

Patient	Age	Days since intubation	Days since symptom	Initial symptoms	Comorbidities	Indications for tracheotomy	Outcome	Air positive samples	Object surface positive samples
1	55	27	40	Fever, cough	Hypertension, diabetes	Prolonged incubation	Deceased	0/2	0/19
2	70	27	37	Fever	Cerebral infarction, hypertension, diabetes	Prolonged incubation	Deceased	0/2	0/19
3	65	21	34	Fever, cough	Cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension, diabetes	Prolonged incubation	Partial recovery	0/2	0/19
4	67	17	24	Fever, cough, fatigue	Cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension, diabetes	Prolonged incubation	Deceased	0/2	0/19
5	69	24	46	Fever, cough	Hypertension, diabetes	Prolonged incubation	Deceased	0/2	0/19
6	69	36	47	Fever, fatigue	Cerebral infarction	Prolonged incubation	Partial recovery	0/2	0/19
7	68	9	33	Cough, fatigue	Cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension, diabetes	Failure to wean	Deceased	1/2	2/19
8	74	27	56	Fever, cough	Hypertension, acute cardiac injury	Prolonged incubation	Deceased	0/2	0/19

ISSN: 1916-0216