Effectiveness of a COVID‐19 screening questionnaire for pregnant women at admission to an obstetric unit in Milan
Beatrice Tassis, G. Lunghi, Maria Pina Frattaruolo, Marta Ruggiero, Edgardo Somigliana, E. Ferrazzi
Abstract
Screening for SARS‐Cov‐2 at hospital admission using a specific questionnaire is less effective than nasopharyngeal swab but more sustainable, hence it can be considered in contexts with low incidence of the virus.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineIncidence (geometry)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPregnancyUnit (ring theory)ObstetricsHospital admissionPediatricsEmergency medicineVirologyInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseMathematicsGeneticsBiologyPhysicsOpticsOutbreakMathematics educationCOVID-19 Impact on ReproductionCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsMaternal and fetal healthcare