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. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e215697.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5697.

Postoperative In-Hospital Morbidity and Mortality of Patients With COVID-19 Infection Compared With Patients Without COVID-19 Infection

Max R Haffner  1 , Hai V Le  1 , Augustine M Saiz Jr  1 , Gloria Han  1 , Jeffrey Fine  2 , Philip Wolinsky  1 , Eric O Klineberg  1
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Postoperative In-Hospital Morbidity and Mortality of Patients With COVID-19 Infection Compared With Patients Without COVID-19 Infection

Max R Haffner et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cohort study uses the Vizient Clinical Data Base to compare the postoperative in-hospital morbidity and mortality of surgical patients with COVID-19 infection with patients without COVID-19 infection.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Klineberg reported receiving personal fees from DePuy Synthes, Stryker Corporation, and Medicrea/Medtronic, and honoraria and a fellowship grant from AO Spine outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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