Preoperative triage to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection in surgical patients: lessons learned for resuming surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To define the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on hospital surgical activity and assess the incidence of perioperative COVID-19 within two protocolized screening pathways for elective and non-elective surgery.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study of adults undergoing surgery during the COVID-19 outbreak. The elective pathway included telephone surveys and a quantitative polymerase-chain-reaction test (RT-PCR) only for patients who were asymptomatic and at low risk of infection. Only patients with negative screening underwent surgery. In the non-elective pathway, preoperative screening was performed during the hospital admission.

Results

Among 835 patients considered for the elective pathway, 725 had negative RT-PCR results and underwent surgery. This

SUBMITTER: Pujol R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9589600 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature