Publications by authors named "Afsana Kausar"
Article Synopsis
- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted patient care, leading to temporary halts in essential cancer surgeries, with heightened concerns about risks during the reintroduction of complex surgical procedures.
- An international study analyzed 158 patients undergoing open and minimally invasive oesophago-gastric surgeries across nine European centers during a high COVID-19 incidence period, focusing on 30-day COVID-19-related mortality and staff health.
- Findings indicated no post-operative COVID-19 cases among patients, though two healthcare workers experienced mild symptoms, suggesting that implemented safety measures were effective in minimizing infection risks during surgeries.
Objectives: This paper aimed to determine the baseline accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of routinely collected comorbidity data in patients undergoing any types of colectomy.
Methods: All patients aged >18 who underwent right hemicolectomy, left hemicolectomy, sigmoid colectomy, subtotal colectomy, or total colectomy between 1 January 2015 and 1 November 2016 were identified. The following comorbidities were considered: hypertension, ischemic heart disease (IHD), diabetes, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cerebrovascular disease (CVD), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and hypercholesterolemia.