Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Screening for COVID-19 in Asymptomatic Preoperative Orthopedic Patients in a General Hospital in Kanagawa, Japan.
covid-19
orthopedic surgery
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
22 Jul 2020
22 Jul 2020
Historique:
entrez:
28
7
2020
pubmed:
28
7
2020
medline:
28
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused several million infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths. A large number of healthcare workers have died as a result of infection with this virus. Therefore, elective surgery was markedly reduced or stopped in our hospital's orthopedic department. The detection of asymptomatic COVID-19-positive patients became key to reducing the infection risk to physicians and staff to allow orthopedic surgery to be performed. A total of 21 patients were scheduled to undergo orthopedic surgery, including elective surgery, in Shonantobu General Hospital, Chigasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan. All 21 patients gave permission to undergo loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) screening the day before surgery. None of the 21 patients we tested was positive for COVID-19. All patients remained asymptomatic during the two to four weeks of postoperative follow-up. No physicians or medical staff developed COVID-19 symptoms. This was a very small study in a city with a relatively low incidence of COVID-19. We found that LAMP screening was accurate, in terms of its negative predictive value. Larger studies are needed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32714714
doi: 10.7759/cureus.9331
pmc: PMC7377665
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e9331Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020, Uchida et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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