Appearance and management of COVID-19 laryngo-tracheitis: two case reports

Charles Matthew Oliver; Marta Campbell; Oma Dulan; Nick Hamilton; Martin Birchall

doi:10.12688/f1000research.23204.2

Appearance and management of COVID-19 laryngo-tracheitis: two case reports

F1000Res. 2020 Apr 29:9:310. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.23204.2. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Charles Matthew Oliver^{1

2

3}, Marta Campbell¹, Oma Dulan¹, Nick Hamilton^{3

4

5}, Martin Birchall^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust Hospital, London, nw3 2qg, UK.
² Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, W1W 7TS, UK.
³ University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, NW1 2BU, UK.
⁴ Ear Institute, University College London, London, WC1X 8EE, UK.
⁵ NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals, London, UK.

Abstract

We present two cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related laryngotracheitis in good-prognosis, ventilated patients who had failed extubation. As the pandemic continues to unfold across the globe and better management of those with respiratory failure develops, this may be an increasingly common scenario. Close ENT-intensivist liaison, meticulous team preparation, early consideration of rigid endoscopy and prospective data collection and case sharing are recommended.

Keywords: Airway management; COVID; Intensive care; SARS-CoV-19.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections* / complications
Coronavirus Infections* / diagnosis
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral* / complications
Pneumonia, Viral* / diagnosis
SARS-CoV-2
Tracheitis* / diagnosis
Tracheitis* / virology

Grants and funding

Professor Birchall is a NIHR Senior Investigator at University College London.