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Differences in mortality between the different methods of COVID-19 confirmation at 30 days postoperatively.
| COVID-19 status, n (%) | Total | Alive (n = 346) |
Deceased (n = 58) |
p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive by RT-PCR | 109 (27.0) | 75 (68.8) | 34 (31.2) | 0.015 |
| Negative by RT-PCR | 50 (12.4) | 42 (84.0) | 8 (16.0) | |
| Not tested | 240 (59.4) | 227 (94.6) | 13 (5.4) | |
| Clinical signs and imaging | 5 (1.2) | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) |
Fisher's exact test.
RT-PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.
