Increased Risk of Postoperative Mortality Associated With Prior COVID-19 Infection.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The impact of COVID-19 infection on surgical patients is largely described by small-cohort studies. This study characterized the risk factors for postoperative mortality among patients with preoperative COVID-19 infection.

Methods

Data were abstracted from the electronic medical record for patients who tested positive for COVID-19 before surgery, excluding procedures related to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (case, March 2020-April 2021). Mortality was compared with that for patients from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database (control, January 2018‒February 2020) with chi-square, t test, and multivariable regression.

Results

There were 5,209 patients in the control cohort. Among 1,072 patients with po

SUBMITTER: Shao CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9212625 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature