Preoperative SARS-CoV-2 screening: Can it really rule out COVID-19?

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Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

1. A retrospective report on the preoperative mandatory SARS-COV-2 infection screening in a single pediatric center. Is it time to stop testing our patients?Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2023
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2. The effect of disruption due to COVID-19 on operating room utilization: Experience from a secondary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022
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3. Importance of pre-operative COVID-19 screening test in elective surgeries.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2022
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4. The Role of Preprocedure Screening of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Tertiary Care Medical Center Analysis.GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology · 2021
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5. Postoperative outcomes in surgical COVID-19 patients: a multicenter cohort study.BMC anesthesiology · 2021
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6. Gynecologic Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is Universal Screening Mandatory?Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology · 2021
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7. Rethinking Elective Cataract Surgery Diagnostics, Assessments, and Tools after the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and Beyond: Insights from the EUROCOVCAT Group.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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8. Re-visiting preoperative SARS-CoV-2 testing using a Bayesian approach.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2020
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9. Is it essential to perform COVID-19 testing prior to ophthalmic procedures?Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2020
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10. Screening and testing for COVID-19 before surgery.ANZ journal of surgery · 2020
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11. Updated general recommendations in cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.Ecancermedicalscience · 2020
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  Re-visiting preoperative SARS-CoV-2 testing using a Bayesian approach.2020

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