Scheduling surgery and COVID-19
The Anesthesia Blog
MAY 7, 2023
The effect of COVID-19 infection on peri-operative mortality was characterised by the first CovidSurg study, which found an increased postoperative mortality across an international cohort if surgery was undertaken within the first 7 weeks following infection. In this issue, a service evaluation examined perioperative mortality in an English cohort (via OpenSAFELY) of over 3.5 million patients comparing pre-pandemic, pre-vaccination, and post-vaccination groups.
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