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| ISSN |
1948-9366 (online) |
| Open Access |
This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
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Surgery |
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Opinion Review |
| Article Title |
COVID-19 outbreak and endoscopy: Considerations in patients encountered in a foregut surgery practice
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Invited Manuscript |
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Tanya Olszewski, Andrew D Grubic, Shahin Ayazi and Blair A Jobe |
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| Corresponding Author |
Shahin Ayazi, MD, Staff Physician, Esophageal and Lung Institute, Department of Surgery, Allegheny Health Network, 4815 Liberty Avenue, Suite 439, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, United States. shahin.ayazi@ahn.org |
| Key Words |
SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Endoscopy; Pandemic; Best practice; Personal protection equipment |
| Core Tip |
The coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms include fever and cough although patients may have a wide variety of symptoms or may be asymptomatic. Patients can transmit the disease via respiratory droplets, aerosol generating procedures including endoscopy, fecal-oral route and surface contact. Our practice guidelines: (1) Reschedule elective cases, follow tiered approach to determine urgency of cases; (2) Prescreen patients day-before procedures over the phone, perform day-of rapid testing if available; (3) Consider all patients asymptomatic carriers despite testing results; (4) Biosafety level 3 for endoscopy with minimal staff present; and (5) Biosafety level 2 for handling specimens, endoscope and for cleaning procedure room afterward. |
| Publish Date |
2020-05-27 09:55 |
| Citation |
Olszewski T, Grubic AD, Ayazi S, Jobe BA. COVID-19 outbreak and endoscopy: Considerations in patients encountered in a foregut surgery practice. World J Gastrointest Surg 2020; 12(5): 197-202 |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v12/i5/197.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v12.i5.197 |
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