Open AccessUsefulness of PCR Screening in the Initial Triage of Trauma Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Juan Antonio Porcel-Vazquez,
José Vicente Andrés-Peiró,
Yaiza Garcia-Sanchez,
Ernesto Guerra-Farfán,
Jaume Mestre-Torres,
Joan MinguellMonyart,
Vicente Molero-García,
Jordi Selga Marsá,
Jordi Tomàs-Hernández,
Maria del Mar Villar-Casares,
Mohit Bhandari,
Jordi Teixidor-Serra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of orthopaedic trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1531-2291
pISSN - 0890-5339
DOI - 10.1097/bot.0000000000001903
Subject(s) - medicine , radiological weapon , triage , retrospective cohort study , epidemiology , covid-19 , pandemic , emergency medicine , cohort study , cohort , young adult , pediatrics , surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Hospitals worldwide have postponed all nonessential surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic, but non-COVID-19 patients are still in urgent need of care. Uncertainty about a patient's COVID-19 status risks infecting health care workers and non-COVID-19 inpatients. We evaluated the use of quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) screening for COVID-19 on admission for all patients with fractures.