Outcomes of preoperative real-time polymerase chain reaction testing for SARS CoV-2 in elective otolaryngology surgical patients during the pandemic: a prospective cohort study | Zendy

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Outcomes of preoperative real-time polymerase chain reaction testing for SARS CoV-2 in elective otolaryngology surgical patients during the pandemic: a prospective cohort study

Author(s) -

Fergal Kavanagh,

David Brinkman,

Deeptiman James,

Sean O’Neill,

Colin G. Murphy,

Isobel O’Riordan,

Grace O’Flanagan,

Bronagh Lang,

Ivan Keogh,

Elena Lang,

Paula Casserly,

John Russell,

D. O’Brien,

Patrick Sheahan,

Robert O’Shea,

S J Kang,

Brendan O’Sullivan,

Chris J. Kennedy,

O Tiernan,

A ó Murchú,

Camilla Urbaniak,

Peggy A. Han,

H O’Sullivan,

Atlas Khan,

David da Silva Dias,

Raymond J. Coakley,

Sahar F. Mehanna,

San Hone,

C. Garry,

Eithne Heffernan,

Sine Phelan,

ANN M. KIERAN,

Stephen J. O’Connor,

S. Cornyn,

Marissa K. Boyle,

Owen Fitzsimons,

M. R. Young,

Jim Thornton,

Patricia Lang,

Thomas S. Gormley,

Mohana Devi Subramaniam,

Tarek Aly,

Kamran Zaman,

O Majeed,

R Fapohunda,

J Byrne,

James M. Cregg,

De Emmal Asjad Cheema,

Orla Thornton,

M O’Domhaill,

Douglas M. Donnelly,

L Smith,

Ben Skinner,

Mahesh

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

british journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1365-2168

pISSN - 0007-1323

DOI - 10.1093/bjs/znab266

Subject(s) - medicine , otorhinolaryngology , covid-19 , prospective cohort study , pandemic , polymerase chain reaction , surgery , cohort study , real time polymerase chain reaction , cohort , virology , disease , biochemistry , chemistry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , gene , outbreak

Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is used to rule out SARS-CoV-2 prior to surgery, however few studies have evaluated patients with negative testing after surgery. Some 499 patients with negative tests were followed for 14 days after surgery, 39 were retested but none developed positive RT-PCR after operation. The risk of developing a positive RT-PCR after surgery was 0.74 per cent.

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