THE FEATURES OF EMERGENCY SURGICAL CARE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study conducted to analyze and determine the characteristics of providing emergency surgical care in the context of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection.
A retrospective analysis of case histories of 242 patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection was conducted, who were admitted to the surgical department from February to June 2021 due to the need for emergency surgery. A comparative analysis was carried out with a group of patients who underwent emergency surgery from February to June 2019 (group without COVID-19 infection).
Emergency surgical care for patients in an infectious diseases hospital was one of the urgent problems during the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19. The analysis showed that during the pandemic period, the number of patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists status 2-3 was significantly higher (< 0.0001), and the mortality rate during the pandemic period in the surgical department was 6.2%. During the pandemic, we detected the prevalence of patients with pathologies related to coagulopathy due to COVID-19 infection in the form of thrombosis of the mesenteric arteries, thrombosis of the arteries of the lower extremities, perianal venous thrombosis, and thrombophlebitis.
The tendency for thrombosis and the development of coagulopathy in patients with COVID-19 infection should be taken into account when preparing them for surgery and preventing thrombosis with the help of anticoagulants. Laparoscopic operations are safe for medical personnel, providing the compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements.