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    Assessing suitability for weaning

    Step 2 of the All-Wales Pathway for weaning COVID-19 patients with tracheostomies (linked below) explores suitability for weaning. Caution to initiate ward-based weaning if the patient meets the following criteria:

    • Neuromuscular disease
    • Those with a life-limiting co-morbidity
    • Pre-existing or significant concerns over sleep disordered breathing
    • Need for specialist input (e.g. neurosurgery)

    Assessing suitability for weaning

    Step 2 of the All-Wales Pathway for weaning COVID-19 patients with tracheostomies (linked below) explores suitability for weaning. Caution to initiate ward-based weaning if the patient meets the following criteria:

    • Neuromuscular disease
    • Those with a life-limiting co-morbidity
    • Pre-existing or significant concerns over sleep disordered breathing
    • Need for specialist input (e.g. neurosurgery)

    All Wales Pathway for Weaning COVID-19 patients with Tracheostomies

    Criteria for transferring a tracheosomised patient to a COVID-19 ward

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      All Wales Pathway for Weaning COVID-19 patients with Tracheostomies

      The management of tracheostomised patients with COVID-19, their transfer from ITU to a COVID-19 ward, their weaning from invasive ventilation and eventual decannulation of the tracheostomy should follow a structured approach.

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