Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a significant impact on healthcare
across the world. The pandemic is caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and is
transmitted through respiratory secretions. The geriatric population comprised most
morbidities and mortalities related to COVID-19. Common symptoms include fever,
cough, dyspnea, myalgia, and culminating in acute hypoxic respiratory failure and
acute myocardial injury. Geriatric patients with COVID-19 who require surgery are at a
greater risk of postoperative complications. An assessment of the risks and benefits of
surgical intervention relies on the degree of COVID-19 pathology and the type of
surgery whether emergent or elective. The presence of COVID-19 does not warrant a
change in the modality of anesthesia that would be performed for any given surgery in
the absence of COVID-19.
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