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ArticleInfection prevention in practice2024

The effect of COVID-19 vaccination on 30-day mortality after cardiac surgery - Insights from the Israel national registries.

Orit Blumenfeld, Alina Rosenberg, Michal Reuven, Inbar Caspi, Erez Sharoni, Dror B Leviner

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Orit BlumenfeldIsrael Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Alina RosenbergIsrael Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Michal ReuvenIsrael Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Inbar CaspiInternal Medicine Department, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Erez SharoniDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Dror B LevinerDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Israel Ministry of Health · ILTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: We compared the effect of perioperative COVID-19, before and after vaccination, on 30-day mortality after cardiac surgery. Methods: Data was extracted from several national registries. The study period was March 1 Results: 2594 adult patients underwent cardiac surgery before the availability of a universal COVID-19 vaccine. 33 patients were diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to surgery (mean age 58.3±10.0, mean length of time 73.6±60.1 days) and 7 patients were diagnosed with COVID-19 0-14 days after surgery (age 66.4±7.6). These were compared to 4426 patients who underwent cardiac surgery after the availability of a universal vaccine: 469 patients were diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to surgery (age 62.1±10.1, length of time 175.8±158.2) and 32 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 0-14 days after surgery (age 60.8±14.5). In patients diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to surgery, there was no excess 30-day mortality either before or after vaccination (1 (3.0%) vs. 57 (2.2%), respectively, Conclusions: COVID-19, when diagnosed in the early post-operative period, was a risk factor for mortality before available vaccinations, but not after vaccination was widely available. Pre-surgery screening and post-surgical isolation is essential until vaccines are available. This data may be useful for patient management in future respiratory pandemics.

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Cardiac surgeryCOVID-19GuidelinesMortalityOutcomePublic health

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