Perioperative medicine & outcomes
The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on perioperative factors: data from the Swedish Perioperative Register
Authors' conclusion
During the first wave of the pandemic, the number of surgical interventions decreased, but the number of acute surgeries remained stable compared with pre-pandemic numbers.
Study context
- Population
- Adults ≥ 18 years with perioperative registrations in the Swedish PeriOperative Register
- Participants
- 417, 233 perioperative registrations
- Exposure
- Period 2 and period 3 vs period 1
- Outcome
- Number of surgical interventions
Methodological detailsnational register
- National register
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Decrease in period 2 vs period 1
28%
Period 3 still lower than period 1
7.5%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Largest drops in interventions by specialty, period 1 to 2
- Ear, nose, and larynx surgery
- - 55.6%
- Teeth, jaws, mouth, and pharynx surgery
- - 45.0%
- Endocrine system surgery
- - 38.8%
Volatiles for maintenance of GA
- More frequent in period 2 than in period 1 or 3
- P < 0.001
PONV and postoperative pain
- Minor differences throughout the periods
Original publication
The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on perioperative factors: data from the Swedish Perioperative Register. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 16 September 2023. doi:10.
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