COVID-19 Infection In Asymptomatic Trauma Patients: Report Of 8 Cases

Majid Samsami; Javad Zebarjadi Bagherpour; Behzad Nematihonar; Hamed Tahmasbi

doi:10.22037/aaem.v8i1.652

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine (Apr 2020)

COVID-19 Infection In Asymptomatic Trauma Patients: Report Of 8 Cases

Majid Samsami,
Javad Zebarjadi Bagherpour,
Behzad Nematihonar,
Hamed Tahmasbi

Affiliations

Majid Samsami: Department of General Surgery, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Javad Zebarjadi Bagherpour: Department of General Surgery, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Behzad Nematihonar: Department of General Surgery, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Hamed Tahmasbi: Department of General Surgery, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v8i1.652
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1

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Today, we are involved in the pandemic of coronavirus 2019 (COVID 19)disease. And there are various reports from around the world about the disease. In this retrospective study that performed in Imam Hosein Hospital in Tehran,Iran in March 2020 , we investigated 8 traumatic patients without symptoms of COVID 19 that accidentally discovered in chest computed tomography (CT).

Published in Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 2645-4904 (Online)
Publisher: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Website: http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM

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