The rapid spread of COVID-19 has changed the global surgical care. Patients infected with COVID-19 may present without typical symptoms, and such asymptomatic patients may potentially trigger in-hospital outbreaks by transmitting the disease to health care providers and other hospitalized patients. Further, asymptomatic COVID-19 patients have worse postop- erative outcomes with an unexpectedly high morbidity and mortality, reaching 20⋅5 per cent deaths. However, we do not have objective global data on this issue. In an attempt to clarify the current global surgical practice under the COVID-19 pandemic particularly focusing on the preoperative screening of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, we conducted a cross-sectional online survey on surgical practice. The survey was administered to surgeons worldwide through international surgical societies, social media and personal contacts dur- ing 2 April to 8 April. The results were analyzed by country’s cumulative deaths number by 8 April, 2020 (high risk, >5000; intermediate risk, 100-5000; low risk, <100) (https://covid19.who.int/).

Bellato V., Konishi T., Pellino G., An Y., Piciocchi A., Sensi B., et al. (2020). Impact of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in global surgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 107(10), e364-e365 [10.1002/bjs.11800].

Impact of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in global surgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rottoli M.;Cervellera M.;Tonini V.;
2020

Abstract

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has changed the global surgical care. Patients infected with COVID-19 may present without typical symptoms, and such asymptomatic patients may potentially trigger in-hospital outbreaks by transmitting the disease to health care providers and other hospitalized patients. Further, asymptomatic COVID-19 patients have worse postop- erative outcomes with an unexpectedly high morbidity and mortality, reaching 20⋅5 per cent deaths. However, we do not have objective global data on this issue. In an attempt to clarify the current global surgical practice under the COVID-19 pandemic particularly focusing on the preoperative screening of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, we conducted a cross-sectional online survey on surgical practice. The survey was administered to surgeons worldwide through international surgical societies, social media and personal contacts dur- ing 2 April to 8 April. The results were analyzed by country’s cumulative deaths number by 8 April, 2020 (high risk, >5000; intermediate risk, 100-5000; low risk, <100) (https://covid19.who.int/).
2020
Bellato V., Konishi T., Pellino G., An Y., Piciocchi A., Sensi B., et al. (2020). Impact of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in global surgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 107(10), e364-e365 [10.1002/bjs.11800].
Bellato V.; Konishi T.; Pellino G.; An Y.; Piciocchi A.; Sensi B.; Siragusa L.; Khanna K.; Pirozzi B.M.; Franceschilli M.; Campanelli M.; Efetov S.; S...espandi
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