COVID-19 screening before gastrointestinal procedures
Abstract Background In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic. We aimed to assess the ability of COVID-19 screening to detect preprocedural infection at the gastrointestinal units. One hundred and three patients indicated for gastrointestinal...
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| author | Ahmed Eliwa Osman Mohamed Osman Ahmed Helal Abdelgawad Saied Mohamed Mohammed ElFayoumie Ramadan Eldamarawy Sadek Mostafa Ashraf Elsharkawy Khaled S. Makboul Salwa I. Elshennawy Mahmoud Abdelhady Ashraf Elbahrawy |
| author_facet | Ahmed Eliwa Osman Mohamed Osman Ahmed Helal Abdelgawad Saied Mohamed Mohammed ElFayoumie Ramadan Eldamarawy Sadek Mostafa Ashraf Elsharkawy Khaled S. Makboul Salwa I. Elshennawy Mahmoud Abdelhady Ashraf Elbahrawy |
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| description | Abstract Background In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic. We aimed to assess the ability of COVID-19 screening to detect preprocedural infection at the gastrointestinal units. One hundred and three patients indicated for gastrointestinal tract interventional procedures were included. All patients surveyed for COVID-19-related symptoms and COVID-19 rapid IgM/IgG antibodies. Symptomatic and COVID-19 antibody-positive patients further tested for COVID-19 reverse transcriptase by polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). All patients contacted, 14 days after the procedure and asked about the possible development of COVID-19. All health care workers (HCWs) (n=18) were screened weekly for COVID-19-related symptoms. Results The mean age was 46.11 ± 17.16 years of them 58.25% were males. 2.9% patients had COVID-19-related symptoms and 97.1% were asymptomatic. All symptomatic patients tested positive for COVID-19 IgM antibody and RT-PCR. Among asymptomatic patients 23% had positive COVID-19 antibodies, of them 56.5%patients had positive RT-PCR. One HCW developed COVID-19 during the study. None of the included patients developed new onset of COVID-19 infection, two weeks after the procedure. Conclusion COVID-19 antibody test may be a reasonable preprocedural screening method for low-income countries and COVID-19 RT-PCR screening for symptomatic patients and those with positive COVID-19 antibody test. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a08f5829bd849c4ab5a77a71dae29e92022-12-21T17:26:29ZengSpringerOpenEgyptian Liver Journal2090-62262022-02-011211810.1186/s43066-022-00177-0COVID-19 screening before gastrointestinal proceduresAhmed Eliwa0Osman Mohamed Osman1Ahmed Helal2Abdelgawad Saied Mohamed3Mohammed ElFayoumie4Ramadan Eldamarawy5Sadek Mostafa6Ashraf Elsharkawy7Khaled S. Makboul8Salwa I. Elshennawy9Mahmoud Abdelhady10Ashraf Elbahrawy11Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine (for girls), Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Al-Azhar UniversityDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar UniversityAbstract Background In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic. We aimed to assess the ability of COVID-19 screening to detect preprocedural infection at the gastrointestinal units. One hundred and three patients indicated for gastrointestinal tract interventional procedures were included. All patients surveyed for COVID-19-related symptoms and COVID-19 rapid IgM/IgG antibodies. Symptomatic and COVID-19 antibody-positive patients further tested for COVID-19 reverse transcriptase by polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). All patients contacted, 14 days after the procedure and asked about the possible development of COVID-19. All health care workers (HCWs) (n=18) were screened weekly for COVID-19-related symptoms. Results The mean age was 46.11 ± 17.16 years of them 58.25% were males. 2.9% patients had COVID-19-related symptoms and 97.1% were asymptomatic. All symptomatic patients tested positive for COVID-19 IgM antibody and RT-PCR. Among asymptomatic patients 23% had positive COVID-19 antibodies, of them 56.5%patients had positive RT-PCR. One HCW developed COVID-19 during the study. None of the included patients developed new onset of COVID-19 infection, two weeks after the procedure. Conclusion COVID-19 antibody test may be a reasonable preprocedural screening method for low-income countries and COVID-19 RT-PCR screening for symptomatic patients and those with positive COVID-19 antibody test.https://doi.org/10.1186/s43066-022-00177-0COVID-19EndoscopyGITCOVID-19 antibodyRT-PCRPandemic |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed Eliwa Osman Mohamed Osman Ahmed Helal Abdelgawad Saied Mohamed Mohammed ElFayoumie Ramadan Eldamarawy Sadek Mostafa Ashraf Elsharkawy Khaled S. Makboul Salwa I. Elshennawy Mahmoud Abdelhady Ashraf Elbahrawy COVID-19 screening before gastrointestinal procedures Egyptian Liver Journal COVID-19 Endoscopy GIT COVID-19 antibody RT-PCR Pandemic |
| title | COVID-19 screening before gastrointestinal procedures |
| title_full | COVID-19 screening before gastrointestinal procedures |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 screening before gastrointestinal procedures |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 screening before gastrointestinal procedures |
| title_short | COVID-19 screening before gastrointestinal procedures |
| title_sort | covid 19 screening before gastrointestinal procedures |
| topic | COVID-19 Endoscopy GIT COVID-19 antibody RT-PCR Pandemic |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43066-022-00177-0 |
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