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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2330</Issn>
      <Volume>6</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>18</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Asymptomatic COVID-19 in Trauma Patients; A report of three cases in a general hospital</title>
    <FirstPage>39</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>42</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>SM Javad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mortazavi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Seyed Hadi</FirstName>
        <LastName>Kalantar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Assisstant Professor, Orthopedic Department, Imam Khomeiny Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Nima</FirstName>
        <LastName>Shahryarpour</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Emergency Medicine Department, School of MEdicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>25</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients can transmit the disease to the others.
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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.
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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.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jost.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jost/article/view/192</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jost.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jost/article/download/192/183</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
