COVID-19 outbreak and endoscopy: Considerations in patients encountered in a foregut surgery practice.
Best practice
COVID-19
Endoscopy
Pandemic
Personal protection equipment
SARS-CoV-2
Journal
World journal of gastrointestinal surgery
ISSN: 1948-9366
Titre abrégé: World J Gastrointest Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101532473
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 May 2020
27 May 2020
Historique:
received:
02
04
2020
revised:
23
04
2020
accepted:
19
05
2020
entrez:
20
6
2020
pubmed:
20
6
2020
medline:
20
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus has become a critical challenge to global health. Since the arrival of coronavirus disease 2019 in the United States, several government agencies and professional societies have issued guidelines to healthcare systems and medical providers. Endoscopy is a substantial portion of the practice of many general surgeons in the United States. With upper endoscopy, manipulation of the upper aerodigestive tract can turn the droplets to an aerosolized form and increase the likelihood of transmission and therefore is considered a high-risk procedure. In this article we review some aspects of the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak that are relevant to practice of surgical endoscopy. The emphasis of this communication is on the mode of transmission, previous experiences during other coronavirus outbreaks and society guidelines. We then highlight the changes that we have made to our practice to incorporate these factors to improve the safety of patients, health care providers, and community as a whole.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32551025
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v12.i5.197
pmc: PMC7289649
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
197-202Informations de copyright
©The Author(s) 2020. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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