Peri-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection increases postoperative mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal duration of planned delay before surgery in patients who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection. This international, multicentre, prospective cohort study included patients undergoing elective or emergency surgery during October 2020. Surgical patients with pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection were compared with those without previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. The primary outcome measure was 30-day postoperative mortality. Logistic regression models were used to calculate adjusted 30-day mortality rates stratified by time from diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection to surgery. Among 140,231 patients (116 countries), 3127 patients (2.2%) had a pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis. Adjusted 30-day mortality in patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection was 1.5% (95%CI 1.4-1.5). In patients with a pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, mortality was increased in patients having surgery within 0-2 weeks, 3-4 weeks and 5-6 weeks of the diagnosis (odds ratio (95%CI) 4.1 (3.3-4.8), 3.9 (2.6-5.1) and 3.6 (2.0-5.2), respectively). Surgery performed ≥ 7 weeks after SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis was associated with a similar mortality risk to baseline (odds ratio (95%CI) 1.5 (0.9-2.1)). After a ≥ 7 week delay in undertaking surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection, patients with ongoing symptoms had a higher mortality than patients whose symptoms had resolved or who had been asymptomatic (6.0% (95%CI 3.2-8.7) vs. 2.4% (95%CI 1.4-3.4) vs. 1.3% (95%CI 0.6-2.0), respectively). Where possible, surgery should be delayed for at least 7 weeks following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients with ongoing symptoms ≥ 7 weeks from diagnosis may benefit from further delay.
Al 2 O 3 was doped (0.5, 1.0. and 2.0 wt%) into the garnet-type lithium ion-conducting solid electrolyte with a nominal composition of Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 (LLZ) by solid state reaction at 1,180 °C. The effect of the Al 2 O 3 content in LLZ on the interface behavior with lithium metal was investigated. The lowest interface resistance was observed for 0.5 wt% Al 2 O 3-doped LLZ, which had the highest relative density of 93.7%. The Li/Al 2 O 3-doped LLZ/Li cell showed a short circuit after a limited polarization period. Short circuiting is considered to be due to lithium dendrite formation. The longest period until short circuit was 1,000 s. polarization at 0.5 mA cm-2 and room temperature for the 0.5 wt% Al 2 O 3 doped LLZ.
In this cross-over study, we observed the incidence of emergence agitation with sevoflurane (38%) was significantly greater than with propofol (0%) in premedicated, preschool-aged children undergoing minor noninvasive surgery.
The garnet-type Nb-doped cubic lithium ion-conducting solid Li6.75-xLa3Zr1.75Nb0.25O12–0.5x (LLZ-Nb) was prepared with 0.46 wt% Al2O3 using a sol-gel precursor. LLZ-Nb sintered at 1,150°C for 36 h exhibited a bulk conductivity of 6.13 × 10−4 S cm−1 and a grain boundary conductivity of 7.76 × 10−3 S cm−1 at 25°C. The cell resistance of Li/LLZ-Nb/Li was gradually increased with storage time over 5 months. The increase in cell resistance was attributed to both the grain boundary and interfacial resistance between LLZ-Nb and the lithium electrode. The Li/LLZ-Nb/Li cell showed a short-circuit for 280 s polarization at 0.5 mA cm−2 and no short-circuit for 41 h polarization at 0.1 mA cm−2. LLZ-Nb was stable in saturated LiOH and LiCl aqueous solution.
Garnet-type high lithium ion conductivity solid electrolytes with nominal compositions of Li 7-x La 3 Zr 2-x Ta x O 12 (x = 0-0.7) were prepared by using a sol-gel precursor and are proposed as the protective layer for a water-stable lithium electrode for lithium-air rechargeable batteries. The Li 6.75 La 3 Zr 1.75 Ta 0.25 O 12 (LLZ-0.25Ta) composition sintered at 1,180 • C for 36 h showed the highest relative density of 96.7% and resistance to water permeation. The LLZ-0.25Ta was stable in contacting with lithium metal and also in a saturated LiOH/10 M LiCl aqueous solution. The total and bulk conductivities of the sintered LLZ-0.25Ta pellet were 5.20 × 10 −4 and 6.55 × 10 −4 S cm −1 at 25 • C, respectively. The Li/LLZ-0.25Ta/Li cell showed a stable cell resistance of 310 cm 2 at 25 • C for 4 months. However, polarization experiments on the Li/LLZ-0.25Ta/Li cell suggest a lithium dendrite short-circuit after 100 s at 0.5 mA cm −2 and after 2000 s of polarization at 0.1 mA cm −2 at room temperature.
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