We proudly share the first @CovidSurg@GlobalSurg paper published in @Anaes_Journal based on the world’s biggest data about surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Hopefully, it will guide practice.
@CovidSurg@GlobalSurg Week was an international, prospective cohort study with more than 140,000 surgical patients from 116 countries enrolled 🌏🌎🌍
We compared 30-day postoperative mortality in previously infected patients with SARS-CoV-2 vs patients who never were infected
Previously infected patients having surgery at 0-2, 3-4, 5-6 weeks after the infection have higher mortality rates than patients who never got infected with SARS-CoV-2
📢📢 Our findings suggest that previously infected patients with SARS-CoV-2 have lower 30-day postoperative mortality if surgery is delayed for 7 weeks.
📢📢 It also supports that further delay should be considered in patients that have undergoing symptoms at 7 weeks.
It's been a tough year for everyone, both professionally and personally. @CovidSurg's priority has been to support surgeons & anaesthetists by providing these best possible evidence to inform surgical care during the pandemic.
As the pandemic has progressed, we constantly re-prioritised