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ArticleSurgical endoscopy2021

The influence of the COVID-19 epidemic on the gastrointestinal endoscopy practice in China: a national survey.

Ningli Chai, Xiaowei Tang, Enqiang Linghu, Jiancong Feng, Lu Ye, Qingzhen Wu, Xin Zhao, Runxiang Du, Longsong Li, Wengang Zhang and 2 more

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Article in Surgical endoscopy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Ningli Chai *Department of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.
Xiaowei Tang *Department of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6064-0526
Enqiang LinghuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China. linghuenqiang@vip.sina.com.
Jiancong FengDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.
Lu YeDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.
Qingzhen WuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.
Xin ZhaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.
Runxiang DuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.
Longsong LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.
Wengang ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.
Jingyuan XiangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.
COVID19 Working Group of the Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimWith the worldwide spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it has devastated the economy and taken a toll on people' life in every aspects. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the influence of the COVID-19 epidemic on the GI endoscopy practice in China.

methodsThe nationwide survey conducted from 13 to 19 April, 2020. A predesigned standard structured questionnaire was sent to all members of the Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy (CSDE) in mainland China by email. Number of various GI endoscopic procedures and participants getting endoscopic training from January 1 to April 10, 2020 (the COVID-19 period) and the same period of 2019 were collected and analyzed.

resultsA total of 468 hospitals responded to this survey, and most of them (85.4%) were tertiary referral hospitals. The sum number of GI endoscopic procedures deceased significantly from 3,203,594 in 2019 to 1,512,619 in 2020, including 2,996,779 to 1,401,665 of diagnostic procedures and 206,815 to 110,954 of therapeutic procedures. More than half of centers (57.1%) reduced about 1,000-5,000 endoscopic activities. Of 271 hospitals (57.9%) providing endoscopic training, the total number of participants decreased from 2,977 in 2019 to 1,131 in 2020. Most of hospitals (93.8%) adhered to the recommendation of endoscopy practice issued by CSDE during the outbreak of COVID-19, and there was no cases of infection in endoscopic departments of all surveyed hospitals.

conclusionWith the influence of the COVID-19 epidemic, there has been significant decease of GI endoscopy practice in mainland China.

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COVID-19EpidemicsChinaEndoscopy, GastrointestinalHumansSARS-CoV-2ChinaCOVID-19Gastrointestinal endoscopyInfluence

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PMID33179181
PMCPMC7657378

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