Originally published by our sister publication Anesthesiology News
By Jenna Bassett, PhD
Patients with recent COVID-19 infection may have an increased risk for mortality after ambulatory surgery, according to a recent study.
“During the pandemic, one thing that started coming up was the need for us to still offer surgeries to patients, particularly outside of the hospital setting. The hospital setting was clearly saturated with COVID patients, so the thought was that if you could go to the