Şenay Onbaşı Karabağ1, Maşallah Baran2, Betül Aksoy1, Yeliz Cağan Appak2, Sinem Kahveci Çelik1, Selen Güler2, Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan3. 1. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, SBU Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, izmir, Turkey. 2. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, İzmir Katip Çelebi University - SBU Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, izmir, Turkey. 3. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Katip Celebi University - SBU Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, izmir, Turkey.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Given that procedures involving gastrointestinal tract lumens are high-risk and aerosol forming, the functioning of endos- copy units has been reorganized during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Guidelines recommend that all personnel should carry out procedures in a negative-pressure room with personal protective equipment; in the absence of a negative-pressure room, an ade- quately ventilated room should be used. During the normalization of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, this study aimed to evalu- ate children who were treated in our endoscopy unit without a negative-pressure chamber in terms of coronavirus disease 2019 after procedures. METHODS: Patients were questioned and evaluated prospectively for symptoms and contact with coronavirus disease 2019 patients on before and 7th and 14th days after the procedure. RESULTS: Seventy-eight procedures were performed on 69 patients over a 3-month period. The mean age of patients was 12.0 ± 5.1 years. Among all the procedures performed, 54 (69.2%) involved upper gastrointestinal system (GIS) endoscopy and 24 (30.8%) involved colo- noscopy. Furthermore, 72 (91.3%) of the procedures were performed in the pediatric endoscopy unit, and 6 (7.7%) were performed in the operating room. No coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms or presence was detected in the patients. CONCLUSION: The ideal setting for an endoscopic procedure is in a negative-pressure chamber. However, this study has shown that endoscopic procedures can be performed in units without negative-pressure rooms but with appropriate protective equipment and evaluation of patients for coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms.
BACKGROUND: Given that procedures involving gastrointestinal tract lumens are high-risk and aerosol forming, the functioning of endos- copy units has been reorganized during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Guidelines recommend that all personnel should carry out procedures in a negative-pressure room with personal protective equipment; in the absence of a negative-pressure room, an ade- quately ventilated room should be used. During the normalization of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, this study aimed to evalu- ate children who were treated in our endoscopy unit without a negative-pressure chamber in terms of coronavirus disease 2019 after procedures. METHODS: Patients were questioned and evaluated prospectively for symptoms and contact with coronavirus disease 2019 patients on before and 7th and 14th days after the procedure. RESULTS: Seventy-eight procedures were performed on 69 patients over a 3-month period. The mean age of patients was 12.0 ± 5.1 years. Among all the procedures performed, 54 (69.2%) involved upper gastrointestinal system (GIS) endoscopy and 24 (30.8%) involved colo- noscopy. Furthermore, 72 (91.3%) of the procedures were performed in the pediatric endoscopy unit, and 6 (7.7%) were performed in the operating room. No coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms or presence was detected in the patients. CONCLUSION: The ideal setting for an endoscopic procedure is in a negative-pressure chamber. However, this study has shown that endoscopic procedures can be performed in units without negative-pressure rooms but with appropriate protective equipment and evaluation of patients for coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms.
Authors: Ian M Gralnek; Cesare Hassan; Ulrike Beilenhoff; Giulio Antonelli; Alanna Ebigbo; Maria Pellisè; Marianna Arvanitakis; Pradeep Bhandari; Raf Bisschops; Jeanin E Van Hooft; Michal F Kaminski; Konstantinos Triantafyllou; George Webster; Heiko Pohl; Irene Dunkley; Björn Fehrke; Mario Gazic; Tatjana Gjergek; Siiri Maasen; Wendy Waagenes; Marjon de Pater; Thierry Ponchon; Peter D Siersema; Helmut Messmann; Mario Dinis-Ribeiro Journal: Endoscopy Date: 2020-04-17 Impact factor: 10.093
Authors: Ansel Hoang; Kevin Chorath; Axel Moreira; Mary Evans; Finn Burmeister-Morton; Fiona Burmeister; Rija Naqvi; Matthew Petershack; Alvaro Moreira Journal: EClinicalMedicine Date: 2020-06-26
Authors: Ian M Gralnek; Cesare Hassan; Ulrike Beilenhoff; Giulio Antonelli; Alanna Ebigbo; Maria Pellisé; Marianna Arvanitakis; Pradeep Bhandari; Raf Bisschops; Jeanin E Van Hooft; Michal F Kaminski; Konstantinos Triantafyllou; George Webster; Andrei M Voiosu; Heiko Pohl; Irene Dunkley; Björn Fehrke; Mario Gazic; Tatjana Gjergek; Siiri Maasen; Wendy Waagenes; Marjon de Pater; Thierry Ponchon; Peter D Siersema; Helmut Messmann; Mario Dinis-Ribeiro Journal: Endoscopy Date: 2020-07-14 Impact factor: 9.776