Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Endoscopy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicenter Study from New York City.
John W BlackettNikhil A KumtaRebekah E DixonYakira DavidSatish NagulaChristopher J DiMaioDavid GreenwaldReem Z SharaihaKartik SampathDavid Carr-LockeArcelia Guerson-GilSammy HoBenjamin LebwohlReuben Garcia-CarrasquilloAnjana RajanVasantham AnnaduraiTamas A GondaDaniel E FreedbergSriHari MahadevPublished in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2020)
Endoscopies in COVID patients were more likely to require interventions, due either to more severe illness or a higher threshold to perform endoscopy. A significant number of patients endoscoped without testing were subsequently found to be COVID-positive. Gastroenterologists in areas affected by the pandemic must adapt to changing patterns of endoscopy practice and ensure pre-endoscopy COVID testing.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- small bowel
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- physical activity
- early onset
- skeletal muscle
- quality improvement
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- patient reported