Abstract:
COVID-19 usually presents with fever, coughs
dyspnea, myalgia, and fatigue and may infect
people of any age though older people with co
morbidities are more vulnerable. But many carriers
do not present any symptoms. Operating on
undiagnosed COVID-19 patients may cause
exposure of medical staff in ward and theatre.A
cross sectional was done on 100 consecutive cases
suffering from oral and maxillofacial pathologies
from 20th May 2020 to 28th August 2020, recruited
from Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department of
Dhaka Dental College Hospital and Square
Hospitals Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Out of 100
cases, 7 were affected (7%) by COVID 19 confirmed
by RT-PCR in pre-operative screening.Preoperative
COVID 19 screening of asymptomatic patients
should be considered to improve patient and
provider safety and reduce the cost of resource.
Key Words: COVID 19, Maxillofacial Surgery,
Screening