id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-255665-srvz2ay0 Ferrari, Marco COVID-19 screening protocols for preoperative assessment of head and neck cancer patients candidate for elective surgery in the midst of the pandemic: a narrative review with comparison between two Italian institutions 2020-10-14 .txt text/plain 2481 156 45 title: COVID-19 screening protocols for preoperative assessment of head and neck cancer patients candidate for elective surgery in the midst of the pandemic: a narrative review with comparison between two Italian institutions The study included all patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia for HNC at two Italian tertiary referral academic hospitals during the peak of the pandemic diffusion of to an internal "grey zone" of COVID-19 surveillance, submitted to further blood tests, chest CT, and nasal/nasopharyngeal swab while maintaining strict isolation. The following data were extracted from institutional databases: patient-related including the 2-week post-discharge period) was considered as the gold standard evaluation (i.e. patients developing symptoms attributed to COVID-19 through nucleic acid-based test on respiratory secretions in this time frame were considered as "false negative" of the screening; ./cache/cord-255665-srvz2ay0.txt ./txt/cord-255665-srvz2ay0.txt