Importance of pre-operative COVID-19 screening test in elective surgeries.
Iran J Microbiol
; 14(1): 10-14, 2022 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1955203
ABSTRACT
Background and Objectives:
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 andMethods:
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:
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:
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.
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Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Journal:
Iran J Microbiol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijm.v14i1.8795
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