Pre-procedural screening for COVID-19 with nasopharyngeal polymerase chain reaction testing

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Nov;125(5):e422-e424. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.08.011. Epub 2020 Aug 15.

Authors

Hayley B Gershengorn¹, Prem R Warde², Dao M Nguyen², Maritza M Suarez², Nipun B Merchant², Tanira Ferreira², Bhavarth Shukla²; UHealth-DART Research Group²

Affiliations

¹ University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: hbg20@med.miami.edu.
² University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; PCR; SARS-CoV-2; preoperative testing; screening.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
Cohort Studies
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nasal Cavity / virology
Pandemics
Pharynx / virology
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Preoperative Care / methods*
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2