Pulmonary complications and mortality among COVID-19 patients undergoing a surgery: a multicentre cohort study
Eva Amzallag, Thanushka Panchadsaram, Martin Girard, Vincent Lecluyse, Etienne Couture, Frederick D'Aragon, Stanislas Kandelman, Alexis F Turgeon, Caroline Jodoin, Pierre Beaulieu, Philippe Richebé, Francois Martin Carrier · 2024
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Eva Amzallag and co-authors study surgery outcomes for patients with COVID-19 in a 2024 Canadian cohort study. Operating on a patient who carries the virus is widely seen as risky, above all for the lungs. Yet Canadian data on the true size of that risk was thin, and teams had to make hard calls on when to operate.
The study, run across several centers, asks first whether symptoms at the time of surgery predict lung problems or death afterward. It then compares patients who had recovered from the virus with those who never showed symptoms. It also tests whether waiting longer after infection improves outcomes. The authors expected symptoms to raise risk and recovery to bring risk back to baseline. The results can guide the timing of surgery after infection.
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| CREATOR | Eva Amzallag, Thanushka Panchadsaram, Martin Girard, Vincent Lecluyse, Etienne Couture, Frederick D'Aragon, Stanislas Kandelman, Alexis F Turgeon, Caroline Jodoin, Pierre Beaulieu, Philippe Richebé, Francois Martin Carrier |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |