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Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Positivity in Pediatric Surgical Patients Amid the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City.
Price, Jerri C; Lee, Jennifer J; Ing, Caleb; Li, Guohua; Narula, Jacquelin; Clark, Mary K; Stylianos, Steven; Whittington, Robert A; Levy, Richard J; Sun, Lena S.
Affiliation
  • Price JC; Departments of Anesthesiology.
  • Lee JJ; Departments of Anesthesiology.
  • Ing C; Departments of Anesthesiology.
  • Li G; Departments of Anesthesiology.
  • Narula J; Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY.
  • Clark MK; Departments of Anesthesiology.
  • Stylianos S; Departments of Anesthesiology.
  • Whittington RA; Surgery.
  • Levy RJ; Departments of Anesthesiology.
  • Sun LS; Departments of Anesthesiology.
J Neurosurg Anesthesiol ; 34(1): 132-135, 2022 Jan 01.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34870636
INTRODUCTION: New York State implemented an 11-week elective surgery ban in response to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, during which pediatric patients from the 10 New York Presbyterian network hospitals requiring urgent or emergent surgical procedures were cared for at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital (MSCH). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data was abstracted from the electronic medical record of all patients aged 0 to 20 years who had surgery at MSCH from March 23, 2020 to June 7, 2020. Comparative analysis of demographic and clinical data elements between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-positive and negative cohorts was conducted using the Fisher exact tests. RESULTS: A total of 505 surgical procedures were performed in 451 patients, with 32 procedures (6.3%) performed in 21 SARS-CoV-2-positive children. The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 positivity in Medicaid beneficiaries was more than twice the prevalence in commercially insured (6.8% vs. 2.6%, P=0.04) children. SARS-CoV-2-positive patients were more likely to undergo multiple surgical procedures (23.8% vs. 7.2%, P=0.02), and to have higher American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class designations (69.8% III to V vs. 47.4% I to II, P=0.03). There was no significant difference in the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 positivity across sex, age, race, or ethnicity groups, or in emergent case status or surgical procedure type. Thirty-day mortality rate was <0.1% overall, with no deaths in the SARS-CoV-2-positive group. CONCLUSIONS: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, we found a higher prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 positivity in urgent/emergent pediatric surgical patients compared with other institutions in the United States. SARS-CoV-2-positive patients were more likely to be Medicaid beneficiaries, were clinically more complex, and had more surgical procedures.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Child / Humans Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: J Neurosurg Anesthesiol Journal subject: ANESTESIOLOGIA / NEUROCIRURGIA Year: 2022 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Child / Humans Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: J Neurosurg Anesthesiol Journal subject: ANESTESIOLOGIA / NEUROCIRURGIA Year: 2022 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States