191: GLOBALSURG COVID WEEK: DETERMINING THE OPTIMAL TIMING FOR SURGERY FOLLOWING SARS-COV-2 INFECTION.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hedlund, Megan; Carver, Shea
- Source
- Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Supplement, Vol. 50, p79-79. 1p.
- Subject
- *SARS-CoV-2
*COVID-19
*SURGERY
- Language
- ISSN
- 0090-3493
A previous study examining surgical outcomes of 36,000 patients diagnosed with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection found that 51% of patients experienced a postoperative pulmonary complication and 24% died within 30 days of surgery. The analysis showed patients having surgery within six weeks of a SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis had an increased risk of postoperative pulmonary complications and mortality. B Methods: b 30-day post-operative mortality was the primary measure comparing outcomes of patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and patients who tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 before surgery. [Extracted from the article]