Short-term Outcome of Covid-19 Surgical Patients: Case-series of a High-risk Area Community Hospital

Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Lodi14 enrolled

Overview

The investigators retrospectively evaluated all the patients operated in a high-risk community hospital from the first Italian case of Covid-19 (February 21st) to the April 10th (in order to have at least a 30-days follow-up). The investigators selected those patients who had a preoperative or post-operative positive Real Time - Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 and the clinical outcome of the participants was evaluated in term of need of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) post-operative recovery, medical and surgical complications, length of hospital stay and death.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

General Surgery Disease Outbreaks

Interventions

Surgical procedures performed under general anesthesiaPROCEDURE

Surgical procedures performed under general anesthesia in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * preoperative or post-operative positive Real Time - Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 * surgical procedure in elective or acute care surgery performed under general anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * patients operated without general anesthesia * patients preoperatively intubated for Covid-19

Short-term Outcome of Covid-19 Surgical Patients: Case-series of a High-risk Area Community Hospital

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes