| Literature DB >> 32680731 |
Javier Alcedo1, Jordi Serra2, Julio Pérez de la Serna3, Pilar Mas4, Elizabeth Barba5, José Francisco Suárez6, Anna Accarino7.
Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was responsible for the outbreak of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is now considered as a pandemic. The prevention strategies adopted have included social distancing measures and the modification, reduction or interruption of a large proportion of routine healthcare activity. This has had a significant impact on the care provided in Gastrointestinal Motility Units. Having passed the peak, in terms of mortality and infections, a gradual reduction in transmission figures has been observed in Spain and other European countries. The risk of reactivation, however, remains high, so it is necessary to have a plan in place that allows healthcare centres to safely resume, for their patients and professionals, instrumental examinations linked to the management of motor pathology. Based on the available scientific evidence and the consensus of a panel of experts, the Spanish Association of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (ASENEM) has drawn up a series of practical recommendations, which have been adapted to the risks inherent in each activity. These include individual protection proposals, as well as organisational and structural measures, which are conceived to allow for the gradual resumption of examinations while minimising the possibility of contagion.Entities:
Keywords: Breath-test; COVID-19 pandemic; Desinfección; Desinfection; Digestive motility disorders; EPI; Manometry; Manometría; PCR; PPE; Pandemia COVID-19; Reinicio de actividad; Resumption of activity; SARS-CoV-2; Test de aliento; Trastornos de la motilidad digestiva; pH-impedance; pH-impedancia
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32680731 PMCID: PMC7301085 DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2020.05.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gastroenterol Hepatol ISSN: 0210-5705 Impact factor: 2.102
Recomendaciones de ASENEM para la reanudación de la actividad en los laboratorios de motilidad digestiva durante la fase ii de la epidemia por COVID-19
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| Se recomienda que el reinicio de la actividad en pruebas de motilidad digestiva se realice de forma escalonada y adaptada a la situación epidemiológica de la infección por SARS-CoV-2. |
| Se recomienda NO aplazar de forma indefinida las exploraciones de motilidad con indicación adecuada. |
| Por el momento NO existe evidencia científica concluyente que avale realizar test microbiológicos preprocedimiento para el diagnóstico de SARS-CoV-2 con el objetivo de modificar las medidas de protección individual frente a la infección. |
Figura 1Flujograma de recomendaciones para el reinicio de la actividad de los laboratorios de motilidad digestiva durante la pandemia por COVID-19.