Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2024)

Impact of asymptomatic detection of non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viruses on pediatric cardiac surgical outcomes

  • Laura J. Fischer,
  • Mark Castera,
  • Hannah Chin,
  • Junghyae Lee,
  • Kari A. Simonsen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.414
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4

Abstract

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Preoperative nasopharyngeal viral screening may reduce clinical uncertainty of upper respiratory infections prior to pediatric cardiac surgery but with unclear benefit. From March 2018 to March 2020, patients aged <3 years were screened for respiratory viruses and had substantial rates of viral detection (40%) but no observed differences in outcomes.