Postoperative nosocomial COVID-19 infection in surgical patients during pandemic: A prospective observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Background: increased pressure on healthcare systems and possible risk of nosocomial COVID-19 infection during pandemic urged many guidelines to severely restrict the number of operations. The aim of this study was to investigate the risk of COVID-19 infection and its complications in patients undergoing urgent or elective operations.Methods: a prospective observational cohort study was conducted in a tertiary surgical center and all patients with no preoperative history of COVID-19 undergoing elective or emergent surgeries were included in this investigation. chest computed tomography (CT) scan or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test were performed on patients before and after surgery.

Results

183 patients who underwent an operation were enrolled in this study. In postoperative fol

SUBMITTER: Mohammadzadeh N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9523904 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature