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Correspondence on "Clinical practice of gastrointestinal endoscopy in COVID-19 patients: an experience from Indonesia".

Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2.   

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Year:  2022        PMID: 35898155      PMCID: PMC9329649          DOI: 10.5946/ce.2022.081

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Endosc        ISSN: 2234-2400


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To the Editor We would like to share ideas on the publication of Pribadi et al.1 We agree that adaptation to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is required. According to Pribadi et al.,1 gastrointestinal endoscopy can be safely performed in COVID-19 patients if there is good management. Therefore, the application of specific protocols to prevent COVID-19 is recommended. Undoubtedly, COVID-19 prevention is required in any medical procedure for COVID-19 cases. Infection control has proven to be useful in this scenario. However, it is necessary to recognize the possibility of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases.2 Recommendations for different degrees of preventative measures for specific cases with known COVID-19 status should be reconsidered. This practice may result in discrimination when performing a medical procedure. There will be more preventive actions if the patient is infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Consequently, this might easily result in neglect or under-standardized prevention for a case not labeled as a COVID-19 positive. If an asymptomatic COVID-19 case is not diagnosed, a silent spread of the disease can easily occur. During the pandemic, there was no discrimination. The management of any patient should be based on a single standard with universal prevention regardless of COVID-19 status. Specific strategies to execute the recommendation of “no discrimination” include producing updated specific clinical guidelines to match the current rapidly changing scenario of the COVID-19 epidemic. In every practice, all workers must follow the usual universal preventative methods.
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1.  Clinical Practice of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in COVID-19 Patients: An Experience from Indonesia.

Authors:  Rabbinu Rangga Pribadi; Amanda Pitarini Utari; Virly Nanda Muzellina; Saskia Aziza Nursyirwan; Hasan Maulahela; Kaka Renaldi; Ari Fahrial Syam
Journal:  Clin Endosc       Date:  2021-07-20

Review 2.  A systematic review of asymptomatic infections with COVID-19.

Authors:  Zhiru Gao; Yinghui Xu; Chao Sun; Xu Wang; Ye Guo; Shi Qiu; Kewei Ma
Journal:  J Microbiol Immunol Infect       Date:  2020-05-15       Impact factor: 4.399

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