Surgery and emergency gastrointestinal endoscopy during the Covid-19 pandemic
Urgent gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGE) is a worldwide extended medical procedure, being the most frequent the upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding and impaction of a foreign body the most common emergencies that require this technique1,2 . The activity in endoscopy units has been deeply affect...
- Autores:
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2020
- Institución:
- Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
- Repositorio:
- Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/14028
- Acceso en línea:
- https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.gastrohep.2020.07.002
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/14028
- Palabra clave:
- Surgery and emergency
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Covid-19
Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus
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| Summary: | Urgent gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGE) is a worldwide extended medical procedure, being the most frequent the upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding and impaction of a foreign body the most common emergencies that require this technique1,2 . The activity in endoscopy units has been deeply affected by Covid-19 pandemic. In order to decrease the risk of infection, elective endoscopy has been stopped since “State of Alarm” was declared. However this restriction does not apply to UGE. |
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