The Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden: Prolonged and unevenly distributed effects on the volume of pediatric anesthesia and surgery demonstrated by data from the Swedish Perioperative Register
The Covid-19 pandemic affected the number of surgical procedures in children for more than two years. Future studies of the long-term effects of the large number of canceled operations are warranted.
Authors
- Gunnar Enlund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9438-3644)
- Peter Frykholm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6402-136X)
- Sixten Melander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7299-5414)
- Heléne Engstrand Lilja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1998-5212)
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Uppsala University Hospital (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335400
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00