Effects of Preoperative COVID-19 Status on Emergent or Urgent Colectomy Outcomes

CONCLUSIONS: Urgent or emergent colectomy patients who were COVID-19+ preoperatively were more likely to present with comorbidities, which, along with the recent viral infection, contributed to markedly worse clinical outcomes, including an increased rate of mortality.PMID:38701852 | DOI:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001682

Source: Southern Medical Journal - May 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Satyam K Ghodasara Grace C Chang Justin S Roskam Sara S Soliman Kaitlyn Oldewurtel Rolando H Rolandelli Zoltan H Nemeth Source Type: research