The proposed algorithm for emergency endoscopy during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak
Following the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in China, more than 10,765 patients tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from February 18, 2020 to April 30, 2020 in South Korea. Performing emergency endoscopy is extremely challenging from the clinicians’ viewpoint duri...
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The Korean Association of Internal Medicine
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| author | Sung Bum Kim Kook Hyun Kim |
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| description | Following the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in China, more than 10,765 patients tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from February 18, 2020 to April 30, 2020 in South Korea. Performing emergency endoscopy is extremely challenging from the clinicians’ viewpoint during the viral outbreak. There are no available guidelines for emergency endoscopy in tertiary hospitals during this pandemic. We set up an algorithm as a guide for emergency endoscopy in patients presenting to the emergency room with bleeding, foreign body, or impending cholangitis. From February 18, 2020 to April 30, 2020 of outbreak, 130 patients underwent emergency endoscopy in our center. Owing to the simple and streamlined algorithm for performing emergency endoscopy, no endoscopy-related infection to other patients or medical workers was reported in our center. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed6066f7b21a42bd8aa67417254c4d1d2022-12-21T18:22:24ZengThe Korean Association of Internal MedicineThe Korean Journal of Internal Medicine1226-33032005-66482020-09-013551027103010.3904/kjim.2020.229170426The proposed algorithm for emergency endoscopy during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreakSung Bum Kim0Kook Hyun Kim1 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, KoreaFollowing the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in China, more than 10,765 patients tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from February 18, 2020 to April 30, 2020 in South Korea. Performing emergency endoscopy is extremely challenging from the clinicians’ viewpoint during the viral outbreak. There are no available guidelines for emergency endoscopy in tertiary hospitals during this pandemic. We set up an algorithm as a guide for emergency endoscopy in patients presenting to the emergency room with bleeding, foreign body, or impending cholangitis. From February 18, 2020 to April 30, 2020 of outbreak, 130 patients underwent emergency endoscopy in our center. Owing to the simple and streamlined algorithm for performing emergency endoscopy, no endoscopy-related infection to other patients or medical workers was reported in our center.http://www.kjim.org/upload/pdf/kjim-2020-229.pdfcoronaviruscovid-19endoscopy |
| spellingShingle | Sung Bum Kim Kook Hyun Kim The proposed algorithm for emergency endoscopy during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine coronavirus covid-19 endoscopy |
| title | The proposed algorithm for emergency endoscopy during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak |
| title_full | The proposed algorithm for emergency endoscopy during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak |
| title_fullStr | The proposed algorithm for emergency endoscopy during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak |
| title_full_unstemmed | The proposed algorithm for emergency endoscopy during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak |
| title_short | The proposed algorithm for emergency endoscopy during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak |
| title_sort | proposed algorithm for emergency endoscopy during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak |
| topic | coronavirus covid-19 endoscopy |
| url | http://www.kjim.org/upload/pdf/kjim-2020-229.pdf |
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