Increased complications in patients who test COVID-19 positive after elective surgery and implications for pre and postoperative screening

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated the adoption of protocols to minimize risk of periprocedural complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. This typically involves a preoperative symptom screen and nasal swab RT-PCR test for viral RNA. Asymptomatic patients with a negative CO...

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Autores principales: Prasad, Nikhil K., Lake, Rachel, Englum, Brian R., Turner, Douglas J., Siddiqui, Tariq, Mayorga-Carlin, Minerva, Sorkin, John D., Lal, Brajesh K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2022
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8045424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33894979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.04.005

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