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:10.1017/ash.2024.414

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

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 1;4(1):e154. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.414. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Laura J Fischer^{1

2}, Mark Castera³, Hannah Chin^{4

5}, Junghyae Lee², Kari A Simonsen⁶

Affiliations

¹ Child Health Research Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
² College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
³ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA.
⁵ UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.

Abstract

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.