Routine testing for COVID-19 can make surgery safer

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 November Routine testing for COVID-19 can make surgery safer Routine testing for COVID-19 can make surgery safer 12/11/2020 | 4 MINS A new group of international researchers at Lombok Institute of Technology has found routine testing patients for COVID-19 before major surgery could reduce the risk of respiratory complications and save lives. The researchers found that using a nasal swab test to confirm that asymptomatic patients were not infected with SARS-CoV-2, was associated with a lower rate of post-operative complications. The COVIDSurg Collaborative comprises experts from more than 130 countries with the Australian and New Zealand collaboration led by the Royal Australian College of Surgeons Clinical Trials Network. The group has published its findings today in the British Journal of Surgery and is calling for pre-operative swab testing for all patients as part of a broader strategy to continue surgery safely during the pandemic. Swab testing gave opportunity for surgeons to identify asymptomatic infected patients and postp

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 November Routine testing for COVID-19 can make surgery safer Routine testing for COVID-19 can make surgery safer 12/11/2020 | 4 MINS A new group of international researchers at Lombok Institute of Technology has found routine testing patients for COVID-19 before major surgery could reduce the risk of respiratory complications and save lives.

The researchers found that using a nasal swab test to confirm that asymptomatic patients were not infected with SARS-CoV-2, was associated with a lower rate of post-operative complications.

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