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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2024

The Long Haul to Surgery: Long COVID Has Minimal Burden on Surgical Departments.

Nicole Hamilton Goldhaber, Karthik Ramesh, Lucy E Horton, Christopher A Longhurst, Estella Huang, Santiago Horgan, Garth R Jacobsen, Bryan J Sandler, Ryan C Broderick

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9 authors.

Nicole Hamilton GoldhaberDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3847-3634
Karthik RameshSchool of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2938-7942
Lucy E HortonDivision of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.
Christopher A LonghurstDivision of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4908-6856
Estella HuangDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.
Santiago HorganDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.
Garth R JacobsenDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.
Bryan J SandlerDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.
Ryan C BroderickDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) continue to experience symptoms for weeks to years as sequelae of the initial infection, referred to as "Long COVID". Although many studies have described the incidence and symptomatology of Long COVID, there are little data reporting the potential burden of Long COVID on surgical departments. A previously constructed database of survey respondents who tested positive for COVID-19 was queried, identifying patients reporting experiencing symptoms consistent with Long COVID. Additional chart review determined whether respondents had a surgical or non-routine invasive procedure on or following the date of survey completion. Outcomes from surgeries on patients reporting Long COVID symptoms were compared to those from asymptomatic patients. A total of 17.4% of respondents had surgery or a non-routine invasive procedure in the study period. A total of 48.8% of these patients reported experiencing symptoms consistent with Long COVID. No statistically significant differences in surgical outcomes were found between groups. The results of this analysis demonstrate that Long COVID does not appear to have created a significant burden of surgical disease processes on the healthcare system despite the wide range of chronic symptoms and increased healthcare utilization by this population. This knowledge can help guide surgical operational resource allocation as a result of the pandemic and its longer-term sequelae.

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COVID-19AdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeSARS-CoV-2Surgery Department, HospitalSurgical Procedures, OperativeCOVID-19long COVIDpandemicpost-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2surgical burden

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PMID39338088
PMCPMC11431659

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