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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 115-117 |
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Peri-operative and anesthesia considerations for patient recovered from COVID-19 scheduled for radical cancer surgery
Daljeet Singh, Uma Hariharan, Anumeha Joshi, Ganesh Nandan
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, ABVIMS and PGIMER, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Uma Hariharan
Associate Professor, [MBBS, DNB, PGDHM, CCEPC, FICA, DESA, MNAMS, FIMSA], BH 41, East Shalimar Bagh, Delhi - 110 088
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/BJOA.BJOA_198_20
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The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected the health-care system worldwide. While there is a plenty of literature in recent times regarding the anesthetic management of COVID-positive patients for various surgeries, there is a paucity of publications on the concerns and anesthetic implications of COVID-19 recovered patients, posted for major oncology surgery. We, hereby, present a geriatric case of post-COVID-19 recovered patient posted for radical cystectomy following chemotherapy. These patients are immunosuppressed due to cancer per se as well as because of concurrent chemotherapy, and hence, they may have a stormy course of COVID-19 infection. Since, COVID-19 affects multiple organs, preoperative evaluation must thoroughly investigate all the systems. Anesthetic management and operating theatre preparedness for such cases is discussed in brief.
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