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1948-5190 (online) |
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Observational Study |
| Article Title |
COVID-19 in the endoscopy unit: How likely is transmission of infection? Results from an international, multicenter study
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Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Ioannis S Papanikolaou, Georgios Tziatzios, Alexandros Chatzidakis, Antonio Facciorusso, Stefano Francesco Crinò, Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Gjorgi Deriban, Mario Tadic, Goran Hauser, Antonios Vezakis, Ivan Jovanovic, Nicola Muscatiello, Anna Meneghetti, Konstantinos Miltiadou, Kalina Stardelova, Alojzije Lacković, Maria-Zoi Bourou, Srdjan Djuranovic and Konstantinos Triantafyllou |
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| Corresponding Author |
Paraskevas Gkolfakis, MD, Research Associate, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Rue de Lennik 808, Brussels 1070, Belgium. pgkolfakis@med.uoa.gr |
| Key Words |
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Personal protection measures; Transmission; Lockdown |
| Core Tip |
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak caused an unprecedented disruption in everyday endoscopic practice worldwide, with recent guidelines advocating suspension of non-emergency endoscopies, implementation of strict personal protection measures (PPM) and post-endoscopy patients’ evaluation, regarding their COVID-19 status. This was an international, multicenter, study seeking to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on endoscopy during the first European lockdown (March-May 2020). COVID-19 transmission across endoscopic units proved to be highly unlikely in lockdown circumstances, as long as endoscopy performance is restricted to emergency cases and sufficient PPM are available. |
| Publish Date |
2021-09-10 10:37 |
| Citation |
Papanikolaou IS, Tziatzios G, Chatzidakis A, Facciorusso A, Crinò SF, Gkolfakis P, Deriban G, Tadic M, Hauser G, Vezakis A, Jovanovic I, Muscatiello N, Meneghetti A, Miltiadou K, Stardelova K, Lacković A, Bourou MZ, Djuranovic S, Triantafyllou K. COVID-19 in the endoscopy unit: How likely is transmission of infection? Results from an international, multicenter study. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2021; 13(9): 416-425 |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v13/i9/416.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v13.i9.416 |
