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Mortality of patients with COVID ‐19 who undergo an elective or emergency surgical procedure: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Author(s) -
Brown Wendy A.,
Moore Eileen M.,
Watters David A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/ans.16500
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , odds ratio , confidence interval , cochrane library , covid-19 , funnel plot , medline , publication bias , systematic review , elective surgery , surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , law
This meta‐analysis demonstrated that the odds ratio for mortality in patients who underwent a surgical procedure while coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) positive was 7.9 (95% confidence interval: 3.2–19.4) when compared with patients who were not COVID positive. This confirms findings from uncontrolled cohort studies and mandates health systems to seek ways to reduce the risk of operating on patients with COVID‐19, and when surgery is necessary, provide an environment where close monitoring for complications will enable early intervention.