RESUMEN
In this paper, we aimed to provide professional guidance to practising gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopists for the safe conduct of GI endoscopy procedures during the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and future outbreaks of similar severe respiratory tract infections in Singapore. It draws on the lessons learnt during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic and available published data concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. It addresses measures before, during and after endoscopy that must be considered for both non-infected and infected patients, and provides recommendations for practical implementation.
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Humanos , Betacoronavirus , Infecciones por Coronavirus , Epidemiología , Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa , Endoscopía Gastrointestinal , Estándares de Referencia , Gastroenterólogos , Estándares de Referencia , Incidencia , Pandemias , Neumonía Viral , Epidemiología , Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto , Factores de Riesgo , Singapur , EpidemiologíaRESUMEN
In this paper, we aim to provide professional guidance to clinicians who are managing patients with chronic liver disease during the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Singapore. We reviewed and summarised the available relevant published data on liver disease in COVID-19 and the advisory statements that were issued by major professional bodies, such as the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and European Association for the Study of the Liver, contextualising the recommendations to our local situation.