Outcomes of Universal Preprocedure Coronavirus Disease 2019 Testing Before Endoscopy in a Tertiary Care Center in New York City

Gastroenterology. 2020 Nov;159(5):1962-1964. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.07.015. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

¹ Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. Electronic address: Michael.Dolinger@mssm.edu.
² Dr Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
³ Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Endoscopy; SARS-CoV-2.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Asymptomatic Infections / epidemiology
Betacoronavirus / genetics
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Child
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / standards*
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / statistics & numerical data
Communicable Disease Control / methods
Communicable Disease Control / standards
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Endoscopy / standards*
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Male
Middle Aged
New York City / epidemiology
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Polymerase Chain Reaction / statistics & numerical data
Preoperative Care / standards*
RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Tertiary Care Centers / statistics & numerical data