1. Preoperative screening for COVID-19 is required in low-risk pediatric patients under the urgent surgical condition
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Moon, Suk Bae
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Risk ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Preoperative preparation ,Adolescent ,Databases, Factual ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Pneumonia, Viral ,MEDLINE ,Anesthesia, General ,Betacoronavirus ,COVID-19 Testing ,Preoperative Care ,Pediatric surgery ,medicine ,Mass Screening ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Child ,Letter to the Editor ,Pandemics ,Mass screening ,Pediatric ,Clinical Laboratory Techniques ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,Preoperative screening ,Infant, Newborn ,COVID-19 ,Infant ,General Medicine ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Emergency medicine ,Screening ,Original Article ,Female ,Surgery ,Coronavirus Infections ,business - Abstract
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on healthcare services worldwide. Some have reported increased viral transmission to healthcare workers during aerosol-generating procedures such as intubation. We report our experience with universal preoperative and preprocedural screening for COVID-19 in children requiring general anaesthesia with low risk of having the infection. Methods This was a data review involving children aged
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- 2021
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