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cord-282561-t1edr9gp	Gershengorn, Hayley B.	Pre-Procedural Screening for COVID-19 with Nasopharyngeal Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing	2020-08-15		.txt	text/plain	861	44	48	title: Pre-Procedural Screening for COVID-19 with Nasopharyngeal Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing Our cohort consisted of 4,176 cases (3,804 patients In sum, we found that very few (1 in 220) cases had a positive COVID-19 PCR within 7 days preprocedure; this rate was substantially lower (1 in 442) if testing was specifically for "pre-procedural" We were unable to reliably assess the indication for COVID-19 testing in all cases; however, ineffectively excluding symptomatic patients likely biases us towards overestimating screening positivity rates. And, as we learn more about the incubation period, risk of asymptomatic transmission, and exposure potential of COVID-19, it will be important to reconsider policies advocating for testing every patient pre-procedurally, even once. Early institutional head and neck oncologic and microvascular surgery practice patterns across the United States during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID19) pandemic	./cache/cord-282561-t1edr9gp.txt	./txt/cord-282561-t1edr9gp.txt