Screening for COVID-19 in Children Undergoing Elective Invasive Procedures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To report the frequency of asymptomatic infection with SARS-CoV-2 in pediatric patients undergoing invasive medical procedures in a tertiary pediatric hospital.

Methods

From June to October 2020, a SARS-CoV-2 real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) test was performed for all pediatric patients scheduled to undergo an elective invasive procedure. None of the patients was symptomatic. The cycle threshold (Ct) values of the ORF1ab gene were recorded for all patients.

Results

A total of 700 patients were screened for SARS-CoV-2 infection. The median age was 5.7 y old. In total, 46.6% (n = 326) of the patients were male, and 53.4% (n = 374) were female. The most common underlying diseases were hemato-oncological (25.3%), gastrointestin

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Martinez B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8531893 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature