The usefulness of a nasopharyngeal multiplex polymerase chain reaction system to screen pediatric patients with preoperative fever.
Aya SuedaShogo OtakeMasashi KasaiTetsuro KagawaPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2023)
Our retrospective observational study revealed that 44% of the FilmArray positive group subsequently developed symptoms, and no PRAEs were observed in the FilmArray negative group. We suggest that FilmArray could be useful as a screening test for pediatric patients with preoperative fever.