Elective endotracheal intubation for urgent GI endoscopy among hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2
Praneet Wander, MBBS, Daniel E. Hogan, DO, Sumant Inamdar, MD, Petros
C. Benias, MD, Fady Haddad, MD, Sherif Andrawes, MD, David Bernstein, MD,
Divyesh V. Sejpal, MD, Arvind J. Trindade, MD, the Northwell COVID-19 Research
Consortium
Asociación Española de Gastroenterología
Sociedad Española de Endoscopia Digestiva
Rashid N Lui, Sunny H Wong, Sergio A Sánchez-Luna, Gianluca Pellino, Steven Bollipo, Mei-Yin Wong, Philip W Y Chiu, and Joseph J Y Sung
Ivo Boškoski, Camilla Gallo, Michael B. Wallace, Guido Costamagna
15 de abril de 2020
Asociación Mexicana de Endoscopia Gastrointestinal y Colegio de Profesionistas A.C.
Shahnaz Sultan, Joseph K. Lim, Osama Altayar, Perica Davitkov, Joseph D. Feuerstein, Shazia M. Siddique, Yngve Falck-Ytter, Hashem B. El-Serag
Roy Soetikno, MD, MS, Anthony YB. Teoh, MBChB, Tonya Kaltenbach, MD, MS, James YW. Lau, MD, Ravishankar Asokkumar, MBBS, Patricia Cabral-Prodigalidad, MD, Amandeep Shergill, MD, MS
Tabla de apoyo para valorar procedimientos endoscópicos como electivos o urgentes durante la contingencia del Covid-19
Alessandro Repici, Roberta Maselli, Matteo Colombo, Roberto Gabbiadini, Marco Spadaccini, Andrea Anderloni, Silvia Carrara, Alessandro Fugazza, Milena Di Leo, Piera Alessia Galtieri, Gaia Pellegatta, Elisa Chiara Ferrara, Elena Azzolini and Michele Lagioia
Translation by / Traducción por:
Sergio A. Sánchez-Luna, MD
The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of New Mexico
Hernando González, MD, FASGE
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare System
The University of Minnesota School of Medicine
The world is facing an emerging infectious disease from a new pathogen belonging to the Coronavirus family. The new virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and causes the disease named coronavirus 2019 “COVID-19”. This virus has spread very rapidly, and it has spread to multiple countries worldwide. This virus spreads easily and has a higher mortality rate than seasonal influenza. On January 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared this situation as a Public Health Emergency of International Importance (PHEIC) and on March 11th it declared a pandemic.
Data as reported by national authorities by 00:00 CET 18 March 2020 (WHO, Situation Report – 58): Total number of cases in the regions of the Americas: 4979 confirmed (2243 in the last 24 hours), 68 deaths (18 in the last 24 hours).