Post-cardiac surgery outcomes following COVID-19 infection in unvaccinated patients.
Med J Malaysia
; 77(3): 371-373, 2022 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1871531
ABSTRACT
The provision of cardiac surgery services nationwide has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We noticed a high COVID-19 mortality rate in unvaccinated patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 after recent cardiac surgery. All the patients were tested negative for COVID-19 before surgery. We conducted a review of our hospital data and reported our findings. We identified 15 patients and reported 7 deaths (46.7%). All the patients died from COVID-19 or its complications. We recommend that cardiac centres actively promote vaccination before cardiac surgery and also enhance infection control measures to prevent nosocomial infections.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cross Infection
/
COVID-19
/
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Type of study:
Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Med J Malaysia
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Malaysia
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