Use of aerosol protective barrier in a patient with impending cholangitis and unknown COVID-19 status undergoing emergency ERCP during COVID-19 pandemic

WHO declared worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Healthcare authorities have temporarily stopped all elective surgical and endoscopy procedures. Nevertheless, there is a subset of patients who require emergency treatment such as aerosol-generating procedures. Herein, we would...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ case reports 2020-07, Vol.13 (7), p.e236918
Hauptverfasser:	Leow, Voon Meng, Mohamad, Ikhwan Sani, Subramaniam, Manisekar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aerosols Anesthesia Betacoronavirus Bile bird flu Case reports Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde - instrumentation Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde - methods Cholangitis Cholangitis - diagnosis Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 diagnostic tests Disease transmission Emergency medical care Emergency Service, Hospital Endoscopy Female GI-stents Humans Hygiene Infections Innovations in Treatment Masks pancreas and biliary tract Pandemics Pandemics - prevention & control Personal Protective Equipment Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 TB and other respiratory infections Vital signs
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