Table 3.
Risk factors and postoperative complications in patients operated during COVID-19 pandemic caused hospital lock down in the West of Scotland.1 No data available for 4 patients.2 No data available for BMI in 16 patients.3 No data available in 7 patients.4 No data available on 9 patients. CV = cardio-vascular. HTN = hypertension. Resp = respiratory.
| No. of patients (%) | Details of risk factors | No. of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk factors | |||
| Co-morbidities1 | 93 (53.1%) | Respiratory only (asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis) | 7 |
| CV only (HTN, DVT, AF, mitral regurg, IHD, CVA, MVR) | 31 | ||
| Endocrine (DM, hypo, hyperthyr) | 4 | ||
| Musculo-skeletal (OA, RA) | 3 | ||
| Morbid obesity | 6 | ||
| Other (aneamia, chronic pain, Guillan-Barré sy, epilepsy, MS, PBC, depression, SLE, previous malignancy) | 11 | ||
| GI (GORD) | 6 | ||
| Combined Resp + CV | 6 | ||
| Combined Resp + other | 2 | ||
| Combined CV + morb obesity | 1 | ||
| Combined CV + GI | 2 | ||
| Combined CV + morb obesity + endocrine | 1 | ||
| Combined CV + other | 2 | ||
| Combined CV + GI + endocrine | 1 | ||
| Combined CV + GI + endocrine + morb obese | 1 | ||
| Combined CV + GI + other | 1 | ||
| Combined endocrine + other | 3 | ||
| Combined Resp + CV + other | 1 | ||
| Obesity2 | 57 (35%) | Obese | 23 |
| Severe obese | 24 | ||
| Morbidly | 10 | ||
| Current Smoker3 | 27 (15.7%) | ||
| ASA II and above 4 | 124 (69.3%) | ASA II | 114 |
| ASA III | 10 | ||
| Complications | |||
| Clavien-Dindo I | 8 (4.5%) | Repeated of aspirations of seroma | 1 |
| Infection treated with oral antibiotics | 6 | ||
| Delayed wound healing | 1 | ||
| Clavien-Dindo II | 2 (1.1%) | Postoperative hypoxia | 1 |
| Postoperative delirium | 1 | ||
| Clavien-Dindo III | 4 (2.2%) | Evacuation haematoma | 2 |
| Washout of infected seroma | 2 | ||