Retrospective Cohort Study of Perioperative Complications in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children Testing SARS-CoV-2-Positive Within 21 Days Before Surgery
CoV-2-Positive Within 21 Days Before Surgery
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed July 2025 by Dr Liam O'Doherty
This is a single centre, retrospective cohort study of 523 paediatric patients who tested positive to COVID 19 within 21 days prior to surgery. Data was acquired via chart review. The primary outcome...
The usefulness of a nasopharyngeal multiplex polymerase chain reaction system to screen pediatric patients with preoperative fever
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Reviewed September 2023 by Dr Neil Hauser
Summary: This single-center retrospective observational study investigated the utility of a PCR respiratory panel (PCR FilmArray Respiratory Panel 2.1, Biomeriuex) to determine whether surgery should...
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2023
Far from over
The Lancet
Reviewed July 2023 by Dr Ian Miles
Presents a reasonably current (Jan 2023) perspective from China, detailing the Dec 2022-Jan 2023 rise in COVID infections. Some of the reasons are outline (policy changes dropping most of the...
Postanesthesia complications in pediatric patients with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
A cohort study
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed July 2023 by Dr Ian Miles
Report of a single centre, retrospective, case–control study comparing complications after anaesthesia within 90 days of a known positive PCR, as compared to matched controls. The study period was...
Preoperative COVID-19 testing at pediatric institutions
19 testing at pediatric institutions - Current practice
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed July 2023 by Dr Ian Miles
Results of a survey sent to US paediatric institutions to explore the pre-operative testing protocols in use at the time (Feb 2022, repeated June 2022). The results from 27/62 (44%) responding...
