Importance of pre-operative COVID-19 screening test in elective surgeries.
Asymptomatic infections
COVID-19 testing
Mass screening
Morbidity
Mortality
Surgery
Journal
Iranian journal of microbiology
ISSN: 2008-3289
Titre abrégé: Iran J Microbiol
Pays: Iran
ID NLM: 101518404
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2022
Feb 2022
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Résumé
Since the COVID-19 pandemic initiation, more than 28 million elective surgeries were postponed with a cancellation rate of 72.3%. However, studies suggested that the patient treatment should be conducted within 12 weeks of diagnosis because delay in treatment might have had adverse impacts on patients' health status, prognosis, and pathologic stage. Hence, the current study aimed to assess the importance of a pre-operative COVID-19 screening test for the patients were candidates for elective surgery. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 141 patients who were candidates for any type of elective surgeries or cesarean section at a tertiary university-based hospital, between June 2020, and September 2020. The mean age of participants was 41.38 ± 11.66 years. Of them, 91.5% were women and 8.5% were men. The COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening tests were positive in 12 (8.5%) patients. From whose PCR tests were positive, only five people (less than half) had symptoms of COVID-19 such as fever (three patients), a distinctive smell (two patients), and cough (one patient). Suspected exposure to COVID-19 was reported in four of them. In this study, we found that more than half of PCR positive COVID-19 patients were asymptomatic. Therefore, to have a safe hospital environment, and improve patient health outcomes, the COVID-19 screening test should be applied before any interventions.
Sections du résumé
Background and Objectives
UNASSIGNED
Since the COVID-19 pandemic initiation, more than 28 million elective surgeries were postponed with a cancellation rate of 72.3%. However, studies suggested that the patient treatment should be conducted within 12 weeks of diagnosis because delay in treatment might have had adverse impacts on patients' health status, prognosis, and pathologic stage. Hence, the current study aimed to assess the importance of a pre-operative COVID-19 screening test for the patients were candidates for elective surgery.
Materials and Methods
UNASSIGNED
This cross-sectional study was conducted on 141 patients who were candidates for any type of elective surgeries or cesarean section at a tertiary university-based hospital, between June 2020, and September 2020.
Results
UNASSIGNED
The mean age of participants was 41.38 ± 11.66 years. Of them, 91.5% were women and 8.5% were men. The COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening tests were positive in 12 (8.5%) patients. From whose PCR tests were positive, only five people (less than half) had symptoms of COVID-19 such as fever (three patients), a distinctive smell (two patients), and cough (one patient). Suspected exposure to COVID-19 was reported in four of them.
Conclusion
UNASSIGNED
In this study, we found that more than half of PCR positive COVID-19 patients were asymptomatic. Therefore, to have a safe hospital environment, and improve patient health outcomes, the COVID-19 screening test should be applied before any interventions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35664710
doi: 10.18502/ijm.v14i1.8795
pii: IJM-14-10
pmc: PMC9085543
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
10-14Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
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