Recommendations for the reopening and activity resumption of the neurogastroenterology units in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Position of the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Neurogastroenterología. / Recomendaciones para la reapertura y reinicio de actividades de las Unidades de Neurogastroenterología ante la pandemia por COVID-19. Posicionamiento de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Neurogastroenterología.
Rev Gastroenterol Mex (Engl Ed)
; 85(4): 428-436, 2020.
Article
in English, Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-935917
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the establishment of preventive measures against contagion during the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic tests in gastroenterology. Digestive tract motility tests involve an intermediate and elevated risk for the transmission of COVID-19 infection. Given their elective or non-urgent indication in the majority of cases, we recommend postponing those tests until significant control of the infection rate in each Latin American country has been achieved during the pandemic. When the health authorities allow the return to normality, and in the absence of an effective treatment for or preventive vaccine against COVID-19 infection, we recommend a strict protocol for classifying patients according to their infectious-contagious status through the appropriate use of tests for the detection of the virus and the immune response to it, and the following of protective measures by the healthcare personnel to prevent contagion during the performance of a gastrointestinal motility test.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Infection Control
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Gastroenterology
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
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Neurology
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
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Spanish
Journal:
Rev Gastroenterol Mex (Engl Ed)
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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