The side effects of the pandemic on all-cause postoperative mortality in a COVID reference Hospital in Brazil: a before and after cohort study with 15156 patients
The substantial number of additional deaths, even amongst those without COVID-19 infection, suggests the pandemic disrupted the surgical service in an LMIC context. Fragile surgical systems may suffer more significant adverse impacts from external stressors such as a pandemic, and urging measures are needed to increase their performance and resilience.
Authors
- Stela Maris de Jezus Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5862-6709)
- Pedro Glusman Knijnik
- Debora Dornelles
- Luciana Paula Cadore Stefani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3038-3108)
- Brasil Silva Neto
- Jeruza Lavanholi Neyeloff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4413-0494)
- Gilberto Braulio
- Paulo Corrêa da Silva Neto
- Manuela Ferreira Guimarães
- M. Brandāo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-3797)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (BR)
- Hospital de Clínicas (UY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition)
- Published
- 2025-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjane.2025.844600
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39