COVID-19 Pandemic Was Associated with Lower Activity but Not Higher Perioperative Mortality in a Large Eastern European Center

Stefan Andrei; Sebastian Isac; Diana Jelea; Cristina Martac; Mihai-Gabriel Stefan; Mihail Cotorogea-Simion; Cristina Georgiana S. Buzatu; Daiana Ingustu; Imam Abdulkareem; Catalin Vasilescu; Daniela Filipescu; Gabriela Droc

doi:10.12659/MSM.935809

30 March 2022 : Clinical Research

COVID-19 Pandemic Was Associated with Lower Activity but Not Higher Perioperative Mortality in a Large Eastern European Center

Stefan Andrei^12ABCDEF, Sebastian Isac^23ABDE, Diana Jelea^2ABCDEF, Cristina Martac^2ABCDEF, Mihai-Gabriel Stefan^4DEF*, Mihail Cotorogea-Simion^2BCD, Cristina Georgiana S. Buzatu^2BDEFG, Daiana Ingustu^2BDE, Imam Abdulkareem^2BD, Catalin Vasilescu^56DEF, Daniela Filipescu^14DEF, Gabriela Droc^12ABCDEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.935809

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e935809

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Table 2 Univariate and multivariate regression analysis of factors associated with mortality.

Variable	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Variable	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Age (year)	1.05	1.019–1.081	0.001
Sex (Male)	0.734	0.372–1.45	0.374
Malignancy (yes)	0.942	0.469–1.892	0.867


				2.231	0.867–5.737	0.096

Length of surgery (h)	1.044	0.856–1.273	0.672
Intraoperative PRBC transfusion	1.256	0.293–5.39	0.759
Pandemic period	1.447	0.65–3.221	0.365
Wave period	0.897	0.402–1.999	0.79
OR – odd ratio; CI – confidence interval; PRBC – packed red blood cells; ASA – American Society of Anesthesiology risk score.

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