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Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 May 5. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13191. [Epub ahead of print]
Effectiveness of a COVID-19 screening questionnaire for pregnant women at admission to an obstetric unit in Milan.
Tassis B[SUP]1[/SUP], Lunghi G[SUP]2[/SUP], Frattaruolo MP[SUP]1[/SUP], Ruggiero M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Somigliana E[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Ferrazzi E[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
Sutton et al. [1] recently reported on universal testing with nasopharyngeal swabs to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) infection in 215 women admitted for delivery at the Presbyterian Allen Hospital in New York, USA. They identified 33 (15.3%) infected women, of whom only four had fever or symptoms suggesting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These findings suggest that only universal testing can reliably recognize infected cases. However, this approach is only feasible in major hospitals in high-resource countries with efficient lab facilities in-house. Alternative approaches deserve consideration.
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KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Coronavirus; Obstetrics unit; SARS-Cov-2; Screening
PMID:32369613DOI:10.1002/ijgo.13191
Effectiveness of a COVID-19 screening questionnaire for pregnant women at admission to an obstetric unit in Milan.
Tassis B[SUP]1[/SUP], Lunghi G[SUP]2[/SUP], Frattaruolo MP[SUP]1[/SUP], Ruggiero M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Somigliana E[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Ferrazzi E[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
Sutton et al. [1] recently reported on universal testing with nasopharyngeal swabs to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) infection in 215 women admitted for delivery at the Presbyterian Allen Hospital in New York, USA. They identified 33 (15.3%) infected women, of whom only four had fever or symptoms suggesting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These findings suggest that only universal testing can reliably recognize infected cases. However, this approach is only feasible in major hospitals in high-resource countries with efficient lab facilities in-house. Alternative approaches deserve consideration.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Coronavirus; Obstetrics unit; SARS-Cov-2; Screening
PMID:32369613DOI:10.1002/ijgo.13191