Changes in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Practices in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Results From a North American Survey

Digestive manifestations appear to be common in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).1 Gastroenterologists will invariably come into contact with infected patients, and the risk of intraprocedural exposure is well established.2 Recommendations have been issued to guide personal protective equipment (PPE) use3 and the triage of procedural urgency,4 among other operational considerations. In response, institutions providing gastroenterology and endoscopy services have taken urgent action to protect patients and staff, but the uptake and extent of these practice changes in North America is unknown. We conducted a survey of gastroenterology and endoscopy practices to assess the response to the COVID-19 pandemic across the continent.

• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
• Repositorio: Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/12255
• Acceso en línea: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016508520305928; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/12255; https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2020.04.071
• Palabra clave: COVID-19; Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Coronavirus; COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019); PPE (personal protective equipment)
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