Preoperative Screening for COVID-19: Results from a Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory

Authors : Okan AYDOĞAN, Ezgi GÖZÜN ŞAYLAN, Özlem GÜVEN, Akif AYAZ, Türkan YİĞİTBAŞI
Pages : 130-133
Doi:10.26650/experimed.1183762
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Publication Date : 2022-12-31
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Objective: The study aimed to determine what proportion of Turkiye’s preoperative patient population has tested positive for COVID-19 and to ascertain whether the increasing or decreasing trend in the numbers of positive preoperative patients resembles the general population of Turkiye during the same period. Materials and Methods: The study cohort involved of the 14,776 patients from various services between January 1-December 31, 2021 who needed preoperative COVID-19 test reports. The patient\`s SARS-CoV-2 RNA\`s were detected with real-time polymerase chain reaction insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RT-PCR); technique. Results: SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positivity was detected in 422 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2.86%); patients, of which 59.72% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n = 252); were female and 40.28% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n = 170); were male; their mean age was 40.2 years. Of the 422 positive cases, 84.12% were young adults insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(18-65 years);, and 9% were middle-aged insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(66-79 years);. Positive cases involving those under the age of 18 were found to account for 5.22% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n = 22); of the total. The highest positivity rate was observed in April 2021 at 8.28% of all test requests, while the lowest positivity rate was observed in June 2021, at 0.36% of all test requests. The highest positivity rate of April was followed by March insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(5.07%);, October insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(4.74%);, and August insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(3.13%);. Conclusion: In conclusion, the COVID-19 RT-PCR positivity rate in the series was detected as 2.85% in preoperative patients over the one-year period. Monthly positivity rates in screening results are consistent with the number of cases seen in the general population.
Keywords : Preoperative patients, SARS CoV 2, COVID 19

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