• Surgical stress can decrease cellular immunity, which is important for the control of SARS-CoV-2 infection; • The majority of patients with surgical indication and positive result on screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection in the preoperative period was asymptomatic; • Some asymptomatic patients before procedure developed symptoms in the postoperative period; • There is a difference in mortality risk for having versus not having pre-operative symptoms.
Outcomes of patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection undergoing anesthesia: A pilot study