Changes in Policy and Endoscopic Procedures during the 2019 Coronavirus Disease Outbreak: A Single Center Experience
| Title: | Changes in Policy and Endoscopic Procedures during the 2019 Coronavirus Disease Outbreak: A Single Center Experience |
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| Authors: | Adi Lahat, Avidan Benjamin |
| Source: | Clinical Endoscopy, Vol 54, Iss 1, Pp 48-54 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Internal medicine LCC:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology |
| Subject Terms: | colonoscopy, covid-19 pandemic, endoscopy, gastroscopy, policy, Internal medicine, RC31-1245, Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology, RC799-869 |
| More Details: | Background/Aims The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic forced endoscopy units to enact major changes on daily practice and policy. The Chaim Sheba Medical Center is a tertiary referral center located in the center of Israel, and serves cities with high infection rates. Our aim was to review the policies enacted during this outbreak and study their influence on the performance of endoscopic procedures. Methods Following the revision of work protocols, personnel were divided into two permanent and physically separate working groups and screening procedures were rescheduled. Relevant data including the number of endoscopic examinations, type of procedure performed, and patient referrals and indications were taken from a computerized database and evaluated. The study included data for January–March 2018–2020, and a comparison among the data from each year was performed. Results As of March 2020, the total number of endoscopic examinations performed reduced by 44% (p |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2234-2400 2234-2443 |
| Relation: | http://www.e-ce.org/upload/pdf/ce-2020-132.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2234-2400; https://doaj.org/toc/2234-2443 |
| DOI: | 10.5946/ce.2020.132 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/4fcc4c5d67b24d92b40a6060b5df65f3 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.4fcc4c5d67b24d92b40a6060b5df65f3 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 22342400 22342443 |
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| DOI: | 10.5946/ce.2020.132 |
| Published in: | Clinical Endoscopy |
| Language: | English |