Colon capsule endoscopy in patients with chronic respiratory disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Konosuke Nakaji

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)

We read with interest the article by MacLeod C et al [1]. The authors suggest that colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) could be a useful tool to triage emergency colonoscopy during the Covid-19 pandemic. The literature for CCE in patients with chronic respiratory disease, which is one of COVID-19 high-risk groups [2], is limited. We carried out a retrospective study of CCE in patients with chronic respiratory disease up to May 2020, the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

Keyphrases

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small bowel
coronavirus disease
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systematic review
public health
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