The impact of covid-19 pandemic on urgent endoscopy in Italy: a nation-wide multicenter study
Raffaele Salerno, Clara Benedetta Conti, Annalisa De Silvestri, Sophia Elizabeth Campbell Davies, Nicolò Mezzina, Sandro Ardizzone
Abstract
The study showed a statistically significant reduction of urgent EGD and CS performed during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, in March 2020, compared to March 2019. The diagnostic yield of urgent EGD performed in March 2020 was significantly higher than that of March 2019. No statistically significant difference was found in terms of diagnostic yield of urgent CS between March 2020 and March 2019.
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PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineEndoscopy2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Multicenter studyMedical emergencyEmergency medicineSurgeryInternal medicineVirologyOutbreakDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Randomized controlled trialCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsEsophageal and GI PathologyGastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment