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Open Access 01-12-2021 | Cardiac Examinations | Commentary

Preparing previously COVID-19-positive patients for elective surgery: a framework for preoperative evaluation

Authors: Naomi Bui, Mareli Coetzer, Katie J. Schenning, Avital Y. O’Glasser

Published in: Perioperative Medicine | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

The preoperative evaluation and risk assessment has always been a critical aspect of safe surgical practice, and in the midst of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it has become even more crucial to patient safety. Emerging data show that surgical procedures in patients who test positive for coronavirus disease (COVID) are associated with worse clinical outcomes and increased postoperative complications and mortality. In addition to personal protective equipment (PPE) management, isolation protocols, preoperative SARS-CoV-2 screening, and steps to ensure clinician safety, determining how to deem patients who have recovered from COVID-19 safe to proceed is an added challenge. We present a preoperative protocol for evaluation of previously COVID-positive patients for elective surgery.

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Title: Preparing previously COVID-19-positive patients for elective surgery: a framework for preoperative evaluation
Authors: Naomi Bui
Mareli Coetzer
Katie J. Schenning
Avital Y. O’Glasser
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Cardiac Examinations
COVID-19
Published in: Perioperative Medicine / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 2047-0525
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-020-00172-2

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