Outcomes of preoperative real-time polymerase chain reaction testing for SARS CoV-2 in elective otolaryngology surgical patients during the pandemic: a prospective cohort study
| Autor: | E Lang, D L James, S O'Neill, P Casserly, C Murphy, G O'Flanagan, John Russell, Fergal Kavanagh, Deirdre O'Brien, I O'Riordan, D Brinkman, B Lang, Ivan Keogh, Patrick Sheahan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Real-time polymerase chain reaction Otorhinolaryngology Internal medicine Pandemic Research Letter medicine Surgery AcademicSubjects/MED00010 business Prospective cohort study Surgical patients |
| Zdroj: | The British Journal of Surgery |
| ISSN: | 1365-2168 0007-1323 |
| Popis: | Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is used to rule out SARS-CoV-2 prior to surgery, however few studies have evaluated patients with negative testing after surgery. Some 499 patients with negative tests were followed for 14 days after surgery, 39 were retested but none developed positive RT-PCR after operation. The risk of developing a positive RT-PCR after surgery was 0.74 per cent. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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