Heavy Air Pollution is Linked to Worse Post-Surgical Outcomes | The new study, encompassing nearly 50,000 surgery patients, has linked higher levels of air pollution to higher risk of a combined measure of post-surgical complications that included sepsis, pneumonia, and surgical wound infection
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Heavy Air Pollution is Linked to Worse Post-Surgical Outcomes
New research in the Wasatch Front found that when air pollution was higher than the EPA daily limit in the week before surgery, the risk of post-surgical complications increased from 4.8% to 6.2%.