Evaluation of Perioperative Complications and Mortality in Covid-19 Patients Who Had Emergency Surgery

Objective: The risk for adverse outcomes in COVID-19 patients necessitates further scrutiny in Covid 19 patients in providing appropriate surgical indications and perioperative surgical safety precautions. In this study, we aimed to contribute to elective surgery resumption about infection with early and late postoperative complications and mortality in patients with RT-PCR (+) and clinically suspicious COVID-19 who underwent emergency surgery in our hospital. Methods: A total of 86 patients who have been operated on in our institution for emergency surgery over the age of 18 who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection seven days before or 30 days after surgery were enrolled in the study. In this retrospective study, the primary outcome has been established as mortality factors and survival within postoperative 30 days. Results: Regarding the primary outcome as 30-day survival, every 1-year increase in age increased the risk of death by two folds. Patients with one or more comorbidities have an increased risk of death 13 times and those with two or more have an increased risk of death 23 times. Patients in intensive care units increase the risk of death by 8.5 times compared to those who are not hospitalized. On the contrary, an increase in hemoglobin level was shown to reduce the risk of death by 0.8 times. Conclusion: The need for intensive care and mortality is high, especially after emergency surgery, in patients with COVID19 symptoms and more than one comorbidity. Surgical indications of such patients should be well investigated.

Keywords:

COVID-19, PCR, emergency surgery surgery complications, pandemic,

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