Article ; Online: Risks of COVID-19 transmission in blood and serum during surgery A prospective cross-sectional study from a single dedicated COVID-19 center.
2020 Volume 91, Page(s) 235–238
Abstract: The present pandemic caused by the SARS COV-2 coronavirus is still ongoing, although it is registered a slowdown in the spread for new cases. The main environmental route of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is through droplets and fomites or surfaces, but ... ...
| Abstract | The present pandemic caused by the SARS COV-2 coronavirus is still ongoing, although it is registered a slowdown in the spread for new cases. The main environmental route of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is through droplets and fomites or surfaces, but there is a potential risk of virus spread also in smaller aerosols during various medical procedures causing airborne transmission. To date, no information is available on the risk of contagion from the peritoneal fluid with which surgeons can come into contact during the abdominal surgery on COVID-19 patients. We have investigated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the peritoneal cavity of patients affected by COVID-19, intraoperatively and postoperatively. KEY WORDS: Covid-19, Laparotomy, Surgery. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Aerosols ; Aged, 80 and over ; Ascitic Fluid/virology ; Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/blood ; Coronavirus Infections/complications ; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control ; Coronavirus Infections/transmission ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Diverticulum/complications ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Humans ; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control ; Intestinal Perforation/blood ; Intestinal Perforation/complications ; Intestinal Perforation/surgery ; Intestinal Perforation/virology ; Intraoperative Period ; Laparotomy ; Nasopharynx/virology ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral/blood ; Pneumonia, Viral/complications ; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral/transmission ; Postoperative Period ; Prospective Studies ; RNA, Viral/isolation & purification ; Risk ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Serum/virology ; Sigmoid Diseases/blood ; Sigmoid Diseases/complications ; Sigmoid Diseases/surgery ; Sigmoid Diseases/virology ; Viremia/transmission ; Viremia/virology |
| Chemical Substances | Aerosols ; RNA, Viral |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-09-25 |
| Publishing country | Italy |
| Document type | Case Reports ; Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 418927-9 |
| ISSN | 2239-253X ; 0003-469X |
| ISSN (online) | 2239-253X |
| ISSN | 0003-469X |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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