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Outcomes of patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection undergoing anesthesia: A pilot study

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Highlights

  • Surgical stress can decrease cellular immunity, which is important for the control of SARS-CoV-2 infection

  • The majority of patients positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection in the preoperative period was asymptomatic

  • Some asymptomatic patients before procedure developed symptoms in the postoperative period

  • There is a difference in mortality risk for having versus not having pre-operative symptoms

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