Impact of Enhanced in-Hospital Infection Prevention During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Postoperative Pneumonia in Older Surgical Patients.

Int J Gen Med · 2023 · PMC10224724 · PMID 37251284

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

Although there was a decreasing trend of the monthly incidence rate of postoperative pneumonia compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no statistical significance in the trend (slope before COVID-19 period: β-coefficient, −0.007; 95% CI, −0.022 to 0.007).

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