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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>5</Volume>
      <Issue>S1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Incidentally Diagnosed COVID-19 in the Emergency Department: A Case Series</title>
    <FirstPage>15</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>18</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Alireza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Jalali</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Emergency Medicine, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ehsan</FirstName>
        <LastName>Karimi Alavijeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Emergency Medicine, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ehsan</FirstName>
        <LastName>Aliniagerdroudbari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Behesht University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sepideh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Babaniamansour</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>11</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>11</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become the most important challenge for health care worldwide. COVID-19 can be presented as an asymptomatic infection primarily or entirely, which plays a critical role in human-to-human transmission. This issue poses a huge challenge to the patients seeking care in the Emergency Department (ED).
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We described the incidental diagnosis of COVID-19 among 11 patients referring to the ED due to the complaints not in favor of COVID-19. All patients had lung involvements in their chest computed tomography scan, and positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction test.
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It is suggested that during the COVID-19 outbreak, all the staff in the ED must be extremely cautious and deploy recommended personal protective equipment regardless of the patient&#x2019;s primary complaint. All patients and their family members must be protected against any suspicious contacts while visiting the ED.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/397</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/download/397/384</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
