dc.contributor.author | Nahshon, Chen et al. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-03T14:35:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-03T14:35:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-05-16 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05575-2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12663/1689 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: In December 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of many pneumonia cases in China and eventually declared as a pandemic as the virus spread globally. Few reports were published on the outcome of surgical procedures in diagnosed COVID-19 patients and even fewer on the surgical outcomes of asymptomatic undiagnosed COVID-19 surgical patients. We aimed to review all published data regarding surgical outcomes of preoperatively asymptomatic untested coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Methods: This report is a review on the perioperative period in COVID-19 patients who were preoperatively asymptomatic and not tested for COVID-19. Searches were conducted in PubMed April 4th, 2020. All publications, of any design, were considered for inclusion. Results: Four reports were identified through our literature search, comprising 64 COVID-19 carriers, of them 51 were diagnosed only in the postoperative period. Synthesis of these reports, concerning the postoperative outcomes of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 during the perioperative period, suggested a 14/51 (27.5%) postoperative mortality rate and severe mostly pulmonic complications, as well as medical staff exposure and transmission. Conclusions: COVID-19 may have potential hazardous implications on the perioperative course. Our review presents results of unacceptable mortality rate and a high rate of severe complications. These observations warrant further well-designed studies, yet we believe it is time for a global consideration of sampling all asymptomatic patients before surgical treatment. | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_US |
dc.subject | Coronavirus | en_US |
dc.subject | Infectious Diseases | en_US |
dc.subject | Mortality | en_US |
dc.title | Hazardous Postoperative Outcomes of Unexpected COVID-19 Infected Patients: A Call for Global Consideration of Sampling all Asymptomatic Patients Before Surgical Treatment | en_US |
eihealth.country | Others | en_US |
eihealth.category | Epidemiology and epidemiological studies | en_US |
eihealth.category | Clinical characterization and management | en_US |
eihealth.type | Published Article | en_US |
eihealth.maincategory | Save Lives / Salvar Vidas | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | World Journal of Surgery | en_US |