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ReviewSaudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association

COVID-19 and endoscopy services in intermediately affected countries: a position statement from the saudi gastroenterology association.

Majid A Almadi, Abdulrahman M Aljebreen, Nahla Azzam, Nuha Alammar, Emad S Aljahdli, Fahad I Alsohaibani, Resheed Alkhiari, Abdulaziz O Almasoud, Mohammad S Al Beshir, Suliman Alshankiti and 3 more

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Review in Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Involvement of the digestive system in covid-19. A review.Gastroenterologia y hepatologia · 2020
    Pooled it
  2. COVID-19 in gastroenterology and hepatology: Living with the realities of a historic 21Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
    Article
  3. Guidance and workflow of endoscopy reopening during COVID-19 pandemic.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
    Article
  4. A call for structured re-opening of endoscopy services during the COVID-19 pandemic.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
    Article
  5. Response to AlmalkiSaudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Gastrointestinal and liver manifestations of COVID-19.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
    Review
  8. Clinical Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients: An Integrative Review.Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 10 institutions in 2 countries.

Majid A AlmadiDivision of Gastroenterology, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Abdulrahman M AljebreenDivision of Gastroenterology, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nahla AzzamDivision of Gastroenterology, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nuha AlammarDivision of Gastroenterology, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Emad S AljahdliGastroenterology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad I AlsohaibaniDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Resheed AlkhiariDepartment of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz O AlmasoudPrince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad S Al BeshirDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Suliman AlshankitiDivision of Gastroenterology, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad W AlharbiDepartment of Internal Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed AlkhathamiInternal Medicine Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal BatwaKing Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University of Health Sciences, King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SAKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAKing Abdulaziz University · SAKing Abdul Aziz University Hospital · SAKing Fahad Specialist Hospital · SAKing Khalid University Hospital · SAMcGill University Health Centre · CAQassim University · SARiyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SASecurity Forces Hospital · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the global pandemic due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there has been a significant strain on healthcare facilities. The infectivity rate, as well as the rate of healthcare workers who have fallen ill to the disease, has raised concerns globally on the proper management of patients as well as the role of safe healthcare provision utilizing personal protective equipment (PPE). Furthermore, the limited supply of PPEs has mandated rationing their use to achieve maximum utility and preservation. Multiple gastroenterology associations have issued guidance and statements that would help healthcare providers in navigating these unprecedented and difficult times, and the Saudi Gastroenterology Association has provided this statement in an effort to bring the most up to date information for the management of endoscopy units in terms of resources, manpower planning, scheduling, as well as infection control policies and leadership.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusGastroenterologyPandemicsSocieties, MedicalCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Disease Transmission, InfectiousHumansInfection ControlPersonal Protective EquipmentPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Saudi ArabiaCOVID-19endoscopypersonal protective equipmentSARS-CoV-2Saudi Arabia

Identifiers

PMID32351243
PMCPMC7739996
OpenAlexW3021173586

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