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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy In The Era Of Covid-19, Abhilash Perisetti, Hemant Goyal, Neil Sharma Md
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy In The Era Of Covid-19, Abhilash Perisetti, Hemant Goyal, Neil Sharma Md
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which led to a worldwide pandemic that started in early 2020. Healthcare systems across the world encountered an unprecedented surge of COVID-19 patients resulting in more than half a million deaths globally. COVID-19 has affected multiple sub-specialties and procedure-related fields, including gastroenterology. Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy centers are specialized units where thousands of endoscopies are performed annually. A significant proportion of these procedures are affected due to the national and regional lockdowns across the globe. To adapt to this rapidly evolving situation, endoscopy centers have undergone significant changes …