Perioperative Mortality of the COVID-19 Recovered Patient Compared to a Matched Control: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

ConclusionsPatients with a positive test for COVID-19 before elective surgery early in the pandemic have an elevated risk of perioperative mortality and pulmonary complications but not acute kidney injury as compared to matched controls. The span of time from positive test to time of surgery affected the mortality and pulmonary risk, which subsided after 2 weeks.Editor ’s PerspectiveWhat We Already Know about This TopicSurgical procedures performed on patients with recent exposure to COVID-19 infection have been associated with increased mortality riskWhat This Article Tells Us That Is NewIn a retrospective observational cohort study in patients presenting for elective inpatient surgery between April 2020 and April 2021, patients with a previous positive test for COVID-19 before the surgery had an elevated risk of perioperative mortality and pulmonary complications but not kidney injuryThe risk was less if the positive test was more than 2 weeks before surgery
Source: Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research