Asymptomatic COVID-19 in Trauma Patients; A report of three cases in a general hospital
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Abstract
Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients can transmit the disease to the others.
Cases: In this article, we discuss three patients with fractures who had no previous symptoms of COVID-19. Two cases were old patients with intertrochanteric fractures, and the other case was a young man with a distal clavicular fracture. We were able to diagnose all the patients in the course of their admission incidentally.
Conclusion: Emergency room personnel and orthopedic surgeons need to be aware of these cases and benefit from standard personal protection equipment during the evaluation of all orthopedic trauma patients to prevent spreading the disease in the hospitals.
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4. Novel CPERE. The epidemiological characteristics of an outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) in China. Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi= Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi. 2020;41(2):145.
5. Rocklöv J, Sjödin H, Wilder-Smith A. COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship: estimating the epidemic potential and effectiveness of public health countermeasures. Journal of travel medicine. 2020.
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8. Wang D, Hu B, Hu C, Zhu F, Liu X, Zhang J, et al. Clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus–infected pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Jama. 2020.
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| Issue | Vol 6, No 2 (2020) | |
| Section | Case Report | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/jost.v6i2.4786 | |
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| COVID-19 Orthopedic Trauma Fracture Asymptomatic Diseases | ||
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Mortazavi SJ, Kalantar SH, Shahryarpour N. Asymptomatic COVID-19 in Trauma Patients; A report of three cases in a general hospital. J Orthop Spine Trauma. 2021;6(2):39-42.
