Clinical Impact of Universal Screening for COVID-19 before Therapeutic Endoscopy

Introduction The Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has led to drastic change in gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy practice. Endoscopy is an aerosol-generating procedure. COVID-19 testing prior to endoscopy can reduce transmission by delaying non-emergency endoscopies in positive patients. There is scarc...

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Main Authors: Nitin Jagtap, Aniruddha Pratap Singh, Pradev Inavolu, Manu Tandan, Sundeep Lakhtakia, D Nageshwar Reddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1722378