Multi-disciplinary Expert Team on Preoperative Evaluation and Timing of Surgery for Adult Patients After COVID-19 Infection, Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Preoperative Evaluation and Timing of Surgery for Adult Patients After COVID-19 Infection: Recommendations of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (2023)[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2023, 14(2): 266-270. doi: 10.12290/xhyxzz.2023-0048
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Multi-disciplinary Expert Team on Preoperative Evaluation and Timing of Surgery for Adult Patients After COVID-19 Infection, Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Preoperative Evaluation and Timing of Surgery for Adult Patients After COVID-19 Infection: Recommendations of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (2023)[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2023, 14(2): 266-270. doi: 10.12290/xhyxzz.2023-0048
Multi-disciplinary Expert Team on Preoperative Evaluation and Timing of Surgery for Adult Patients After COVID-19 Infection, Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Preoperative Evaluation and Timing of Surgery for Adult Patients After COVID-19 Infection: Recommendations of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (2023)[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2023, 14(2): 266-270. doi: 10.12290/xhyxzz.2023-0048
Citation:
Multi-disciplinary Expert Team on Preoperative Evaluation and Timing of Surgery for Adult Patients After COVID-19 Infection, Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Preoperative Evaluation and Timing of Surgery for Adult Patients After COVID-19 Infection: Recommendations of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (2023)[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2023, 14(2): 266-270. doi: 10.12290/xhyxzz.2023-0048
Preoperative Evaluation and Timing of Surgery for Adult Patients After COVID-19 Infection: Recommendations of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (2023)
Corresponding authors: SHEN Le1, E-mail: pumchshenle@163.com MA Xiaojun2, 3, E-mail: drmaxiaojun@sina.com HUANG Yuguang1, E-mail: garybeijing@163.com 1. Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China 2. Medical Affairs, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China 3. Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
With the adjustment of China's epidemic prevention and control guidelines regarding coronavirus disease of 2019(COVID-19), the preoperative evaluation and timing of surgery for patients after COVID-19 infection have become the focus of attention for both healthcare workers and patients. Based on the latest study and related clinical experience, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) has therefore compiled this multidisciplinary, evidence-based recommendation for concise, individualized, and practical preoperative evaluation and timing of surgery for patients after COVID-19 infection. The recommendations emphasize patients' COVID-19 infection history, the severity of symptoms, and medical/physiologic recovery status during preoperative evaluation. The determination of appropriate length of time between recovery from COVID-19 and surgery/procedure should take into account of patients' underlying health conditions, the severity of the COVID-19 infection course, and the types of surgery and anesthesia scheduled, to minimize postoperative complications. The recommendations are intended to aid healthcare workers in evaluating these patients, scheduling them for the optimal timing of surgery, and optimizing perioperative management and postoperative recovery.
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