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   <dc:title>Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study</dc:title>
   <dc:creator>RUBIO-PALAU, JOSEP</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>COVIDSurg Collaborative</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>GlobalSurg Collaborative</dc:creator>
   <dc:subject>Sars-cov-2</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>COVID-19</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Cirurgia</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Mortalitat</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Sars-cov-2</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>COVID-19</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Cirugía</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Mortalidad</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Sars-cov-2</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>COVID-19</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Surgery</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Mortality</dc:subject>
   <dcterms:abstract>Peri-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection increases postoperative mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal duration of planned delay before surgery in patients who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection. This international, multicentre, prospective cohort study included patients undergoing elective or emergency surgery during October 2020. Surgical patients with pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection were compared with those without previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. The primary outcome measure was 30-day postoperative mortality. Logistic regression models were used to calculate adjusted 30-day mortality rates stratified by time from diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection to surgery. Among 140,231 patients (116 countries), 3127 patients (2.2%) had a pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis. Adjusted 30-day mortality in patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection was 1.5% (95%CI 1.4–1.5). In patients with a pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, mortality was increased in patients having surgery within 0–2 weeks, 3–4 weeks and 5–6 weeks of the diagnosis (odds ratio (95%CI) 4.1 (3.3–4.8), 3.9 (2.6–5.1) and 3.6 (2.0–5.2), respectively). Surgery performed ≥ 7 weeks after SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis was associated with a similar mortality risk to baseline (odds ratio (95%CI) 1.5 (0.9–2.1)). After a ≥ 7 week delay in undertaking surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection, patients with ongoing symptoms had a higher mortality than patients whose symptoms had resolved or who had been asymptomatic (6.0% (95%CI 3.2–8.7) vs. 2.4% (95%CI 1.4–3.4) vs. 1.3% (95%CI 0.6–2.0), respectively). Where possible, surgery should be delayed for at least 7 weeks following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients with ongoing symptoms ≥ 7 weeks from diagnosis may benefit from further delay.</dcterms:abstract>
   <dcterms:dateAccepted>2025-05-16T12:55:28Z</dcterms:dateAccepted>
   <dcterms:available>2025-05-16T12:55:28Z</dcterms:available>
   <dcterms:created>2025-05-16T12:55:28Z</dcterms:created>
   <dcterms:issued>2021</dcterms:issued>
   <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
   <dc:identifier>COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, 2021, 76, p. 748-758. Disponible en: &lt;https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15458>. Fecha de acceso: 21 oct. 2022. DOI: 10.1111/anae.15458</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>1365-2044</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/3463</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/anae.15458</dc:identifier>
   <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
   <dc:relation>Anaesthesia</dc:relation>
   <dc:relation>76;6</dc:relation>
   <dc:relation>https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15458</dc:relation>
   <dc:rights>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</dc:rights>
   <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
   <dc:rights>©2021 The Authors.Anaesthesiapublished by John Wiley &amp; Sons Ltd on behalf of Association of Anaesthetists. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use,distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.</dc:rights>
   <dc:publisher>John Wiley &amp; Sons</dc:publisher>
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