POST-SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS INFECTED BY COVID-19: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

• Autor(a) principal: FALCÃO, ALINE SOUSA
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Fábio França
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Enfermagem Atual In Derme
• Texto Completo: https://revistaenfermagematual.com/index.php/revista/article/view/1227
• topic: COVID-19; Infecções por Coronavírus; Procedimento cirúrgico; Intervenções Cirúrgicas; Complicações pós-operatórias; COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections; Surgical procedure; Surgical Interventions; Postoperative complications

Objective: identify the main available scientific evidence regarding the main postoperative complications in Post-COVID-19 patients. Method: integrative review, based on studies published online in the following databases: PubMed/MEDLINE, Virtual Health Library (BVS), SciELO, LILACS, with the guiding question: “What is the current scientific evidence available in the literature regarding complications post-surgery in patients after COVID-19 infection?” with inclusion criteria: studies that addressed surgical complications in patients after infection by COVID-19, published in Portuguese and English, in the year 2020 to 202. The search strategy followed the PICOS strategy according to PRISMA assumptions. Results: 7 articles were selected. The following postoperative complications in patients with COVID-19 were identified: pulmonary complications, infectious (non-pulmonary) complications, acute kidney injury, thromboembolic complications, septic shock, and increased mortality. Conclusion: Surgery can have a negative impact on COVID-19 patients, even those who are asymptomatic, increasing mortality and the potential need for postoperative hospitalization in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), therefore, all non-urgent procedures should be delayed until the patient has met criteria for isolation and transmission care and Covid-19 has entered the recovery phase.