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Research Article: Association between post-COVID-19 status and perioperative morbidity and mortality: protocol for an ambispective cohort study

Date Published: 2023-09-14

Abstract:
Introduction With COVID-19 bringing persistent impact on the worldwide population, perioperative management after SARS-CoV-2 infection needs to be revisited in the new period of different circulating coronavirus variants, vaccination status, increased reinfection rate and new disease control policies. This study aims to explore the association between time to surgery after COVID-19 diagnosis and the risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Methods and analysis This is a single-centre ambispective cohort study. Patients with preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection who require inpatient surgical intervention from 1 December 2022 to 28 February 2023 will be included. Baseline assessment will include the time interval between preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection and surgery, COVID-19 diagnosis and symptoms, vaccination status and routine preoperative evaluations. The primary outcome will be postoperative composite complications within 30 days after surgery. Association between post-COVID-19 interval and the outcomes will be explored using logistic regression after adjusting for confounding variables. Ethics and dissemination The study protocol has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (IRB K3570). We aim to publish and disseminate the findings in peer-reviewed journals, scientific conferences and on social media. Trial registration number NCT05689840 .

Introduction:
Since its emergence in December 2019, SARS-CoV-2, causing COVID-19, has dramatically impacted healthcare services worldwide and is a persistent threat to the population. With the tendency of repeated infection, it is urgent to understand the impact of preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection on postoperative short-term and long-term outcomes to guide future management. During the first wave of COVID-19, several guidelines or societal consensus on the risk assessment after SARS-CoV-2 infection for non-cardiac surgical…

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