Should asymptomatic patients testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 wait for elective surgical procedures?

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
• ² Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Health System Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
• ³ Moses and Wakefield Campuses, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
• ⁴ Surgical Services, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
• ⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. Electronic address: meikermann@montefiore.org.
• ⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.