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Can patients with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection safely undergo elective surgery?

Current or recent infection with SARS-CoV-2 increases the risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality. Consensus guidelines recommend delaying elective major surgery after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection for 7 or 8 weeks. However, because of the growing backlog of untreated surgical disease and the pot...

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Autores principales: Glasbey, James C., Dobbs, Thomas D., Abbott, Tom E.F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: British Journal of Anaesthesia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8907026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35369990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2022.03.003