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. 2022 Jul:79:103910.
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103910. Epub 2022 Jun 8.

Impacts of severity of Covid-19 infection on the morbidity and mortality of surgical patients

Amer Al Ani  1 , Rafeef Tahtamoni  2 , Yara Mohammad  2 , Fawzi Al-Ayoubi  3 , Nadeem Haider  4 , Ammar Al-Mashhadi  5
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Impacts of severity of Covid-19 infection on the morbidity and mortality of surgical patients

Amer Al Ani et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Jul.

Abstract

Introduction: One of the challenges of surgery on patients with active SARS-CoV-2(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection is the increased risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality.

Aim: This study will describe and compare the postoperative morbidity and mortality in asymptomatic patients or those with mild infection with those with severe COVID-19 infection undergoing elective or and emergency surgery.

Materials and methods: This is a retrospective study of 37 COVID19 patients who had the infection 7 days prior to and 30 days after emergency or elective surgery. Patients were divided to two groups. Group1: the asymptomatic or those with mild infection that is diagnosed just before surgery (14 patients). Group 2: those who were admitted to the hospital because of severe COVID-19 and were operated for COVID-19 related complications (23 patients). Morbidity and mortality of both groups was studied.

Results: There was no significant difference in gender between the two groups. There were 5 females (2 in group 1, and 3 in group 2) and 32 males (12 in group 1, and 20 in group 2). Mean age for all patients was 49.8years (38 for group 1 and 57 for group2). Median age for all patients was 50 years (37.5 for group 1 and 57 years for group 2). Sepsis developed in 7 patients (1 patient in group 1 and in 6 patients in group 2). Statistically there was no significant difference in occurrence of sepsis between the two groups. There was a significant difference in the intensive care stay between the two groups (higher in group 2). Four deaths were reported in group 1 and fourteen in group 2. Eighteen out of thirty-seven patients died.

Conclusion: Severity of COVID-19 infection will prolong the hospitalization and ICU stay in surgical patients with no significant effect on mortality.

Keywords: COVID-19; Morbidity; Mortality; Surgery.

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