COVID-19 pandemic and challenges in pediatric gastroenterology practice.
World J Gastroenterol
; 26(36): 5387-5394, 2020 Sep 28.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-836287
ABSTRACT
The current coronavirus pandemic is imposing unpreceded challenges to the practice of pediatric gastroenterology. These are highlighted in their impact on performing aerosol-generating endoscopy procedures and the need to accommodate longer room turnaround time for disinfection, ensuring appropriate and consistent safety measures for patients, staff and providers, and emphasizing the importance for screening patients for active coronavirus disease (COVID) infection before endoscopy when possible. Pediatric patients are less likely to exhibit severe COVID-related symptoms so survey-based screening would not be a sensitive measure to identify patients with active infections. To address the restrictions of patients coming for face to face clinic encounters, there has been rapid expansion of telehealth services in a very short time period with several difficulties encountered. To survive these challenges, pediatric gastroenterology practices need to adapt and accept flexibility in clinical operations with ongoing commitment to safety for patients and healthcare workers.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pediatrics
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Pneumonia, Viral
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Infection Control
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Patient Safety
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Gastroenterology
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
World J Gastroenterol
Journal subject:
Gastroenterology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Wjg.v26.i36.5387
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