A retrospective evaluation of the value of COVID-19 screening and testing in patients with cancer: Aiming at a moving target
Author(s) -
Abdul Rahman Jazieh,
Majed Alghamdi,
Mohammad Alkaiyat,
Sameera M. Al Johani,
Moussab Damlaj
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of infection and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.983
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1876-035X
pISSN - 1876-0341
DOI - 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.05.005
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , gold standard (test) , covid-19 , emergency medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychiatry
Diagnosis of COVID-19 infection in cancer patients is critical to co-manage their underlying disease and infection appropriately. Our study aimed at evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of screening patients with cancer for COVID-19 infection.
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