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Editorial
. 2021 Jun;76(6):731-735.
doi: 10.1111/anae.15490. Epub 2021 Apr 17.

Surgery after a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection: data, answers and questions

D N Wijeysundera  1   2 , R G Khadaroo  3   4
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Editorial

Surgery after a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection: data, answers and questions

D N Wijeysundera et al. Anaesthesia. 2021 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; postoperative complication; pre-operative evaluation; prognostic study; surgery.

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Changes in adjusted postoperative mortality risk with increasing time intervals from SARS‐CoV‐2 diagnosis to surgery. Solid lines denote changes in adjusted postoperative mortality risk (y‐axis) in patients with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection with increasing time intervals from infection to surgery (x‐axis). (a) – sub‐groups defined based on whether patients had emergency surgery or elective surgery. (b) – sub‐groups defined based on whether patients had an asymptomatic infection (green line), symptomatic infection with symptoms resolved by the time of surgery (orange line) or symptomatic infection with symptoms persistent up to surgery (red line). Dotted lines denote the adjusted postoperative mortality risk in patients without any known prior SARS‐CoV‐2 infection.
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