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“being infected makes you 25x more likely to die after elective surgeries”

DyslexicAtheist 5y ago
she (a doctor) cites these papers (both open access): Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15458 https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrar... Mortality after surgery with SARS-CoV-2 infection in England: a population-wide epidemiological study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34148733/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34148733/
asimpleusecase 5y ago
I wonder if other studies like this have been done with other infections? I suspect that many infections lead to worse outcomes for surgery. In this case it would be most interesting to see how this manifested. Was it blood clots, heart or organ failure or just undefined cause of death.
- newbamboo 5y ago
  I didn’t read the study but I would suspect that those who had “elective” surgery are not a perfectly matched sample to those who did not.
newbamboo 5y ago
“#msnbc” Am I the only one who finds tv network fanboyism bizarre? I can see having a preference for news source, but to spend personal time promoting a news channel seems like a peculiar affectation. “Go #CBS news! #andersoncooper”
- DyslexicAtheist 5y ago
  yeah it's wired. like they're hoping to be seen by the channel (moderators) as much as they like the channel.
V__ 5y ago
> 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). https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15458 https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrar... I'm really curious, is this surprising? How would these numbers look like for people who had a bad flu and were bedridden for a few weeks?

she (a doctor) cites these papers (both open access): Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15458 https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrar... Mortality after surgery with SARS-CoV-2 infection in England: a population-wide epidemiological study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34148733/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34148733/

asimpleusecase 5y ago

I wonder if other studies like this have been done with other infections? I suspect that many infections lead to worse outcomes for surgery. In this case it would be most interesting to see how this manifested. Was it blood clots, heart or organ failure or just undefined cause of death.

newbamboo 5y ago
I didn’t read the study but I would suspect that those who had “elective” surgery are not a perfectly matched sample to those who did not.

newbamboo 5y ago

“#msnbc” Am I the only one who finds tv network fanboyism bizarre? I can see having a preference for news source, but to spend personal time promoting a news channel seems like a peculiar affectation. “Go #CBS news! #andersoncooper”

DyslexicAtheist 5y ago
yeah it's wired. like they're hoping to be seen by the channel (moderators) as much as they like the channel.

V__ 5y ago

> 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). https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15458 https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrar... I'm really curious, is this surprising? How would these numbers look like for people who had a bad flu and were bedridden for a few weeks?