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ReviewEndoscopic ultrasound

Performing EUS during COVID-19 postendemic period: A report from endoscopy center in Wuhan.

Yuchong Zhao, Qian Chen, Qiaozhen Guo, Nianjun Chen, Wei Hou, Yun Wang, Weinuo Qu, Shou Jiang Tang, Siyu Sun, Bin Cheng

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Review in Endoscopic ultrasound. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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10 authors.

Yuchong ZhaoDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; The Second Clinical School Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Qian ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Qiaozhen GuoDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Nianjun ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Wei HouDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Yun WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Weinuo QuDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; The Second Clinical School Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Shou Jiang TangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
Siyu SunDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Bin ChengDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In early April 2020, the 3-month-long city-wide lockdown was lifted in Wuhan, the epicenter of China during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic. However, continuing precautions are still practiced considering the risk of transmission from asymptomatic carriers. Given that COVID-19 is spread via airborne droplets, including aspiration of oral and fecal material through endoscopes, our endoscopy center has strategically assigned health-care providers to ensure triage workflow and to minimize concomitant exposure from potential asymptomatic carriers. Here, we share the experience of performing EUS-FNA during the COVID-19 pandemic and postendemic periods. We illustrate our workflow using a patient with a left adrenal mass as an example and followed a biosafety level-2 standard. We believe all endoscopy centers need to focus on these three directions: (1) pre-EUS patients risk assessment and triage, (2) Personal protective equipment (PPE), and (3) dressing code modalities. We fully adopted them in our hospital to reduce COVID-19 resurgence risk.

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COVID-19EUSpostendemic

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PMID32675462
PMCPMC8098845

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