Pre-operative testing for SARS-CoV-2 and outcomes in otolaryngology surgery during the pandemic: A multi-center experience.
COVID19
SARS‐CoV‐2
pre‐operative testing
Journal
Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology
ISSN: 2378-8038
Titre abrégé: Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101684963
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Historique:
received:
16
03
2021
revised:
23
05
2021
accepted:
16
06
2021
entrez:
17
8
2021
pubmed:
18
8
2021
medline:
18
8
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Preoperative testing for COVID-19 has become widely established to avoid inadvertent surgery on patients with COVID-19 and prevent hospital outbreaks. A prospective cross sectional study was carried out in two university hospitals examining the pre-operative protocols for patients undergoing otolaryngology surgery and the incidence of COVID-19 within 30 days of surgery in patients and the otolaryngologists performing surgery. One hundred and seventy-three patients were recruited. One hundred and twenty-three (71%) patients "cocooned" for 14 days prior to surgery. All completed a questionnaire prior to admission. One hundred and fifty-six patients (90%) had reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) nasopharyngeal swabs, 14 patients (8%) had CT thorax. No cases of COVID-19 were detected among patients followed up at 30 days. Two surgeons developed COVID-19 early during the study period. Current pre-operative testing protocols consisting primarily of questionnaires and RT-PCR resulted in zero cases of COVID in this cohort. It is possible that COVID-19 restrictions and high proportion of patients cocooning preoperatively were factors in ensuring a low rate of COVID-19 post-operatively.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34401502
doi: 10.1002/lio2.613
pii: LIO2613
pmc: PMC8356888
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
773-779Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Triological Society.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None.
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