Determining Urgent/Emergent Status of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures in an Ambulatory Care Setting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Additional Factors That Need To Be Considered

Anesth Analg. 2020 Jul;131(1):e30-e31. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004861.

Authors

Kang H Rah¹, Anna Platovsky

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Somerset, New Jersey, rahs714@yahoo.com Department of Gastroenterology, Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ), Endosurgical Center and Digestive Disease Center of New Jersey, Somerset, New Jersey.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care / organization & administration*
Appointments and Schedules*
Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / organization & administration*
Emergencies
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal* / adverse effects
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Patient Safety
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
United States
Virulence