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. 2021 Aug;31(8):3893-3895.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05449-z. Epub 2021 May 2.

Time of Bariatric Surgery and Hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2: a Nationwide Study

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Time of Bariatric Surgery and Hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2: a Nationwide Study

Tigran Poghosyan et al. Obes Surg. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Hospitalization; Intensive care unit admission; Mortality; SARS-CoV-2.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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Fig. 1
Standardized hospitalization ratios for Covid-19 and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) according to the delay from bariatric surgery*. *Baseline characteristics of patients hospitalized for Covid-19 infection according to having had bariatric surgery (BS) or not (HCov: hospitalization for Covid-19 in patients with BS history). Data are: n = (%) or m ± standard deviation if specified

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