Chapter of Gastroenterologists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Singapore Med J. 2020 Jul;61(7):345-349. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2020050. Epub 2020 Apr 3.
In this paper, we aimed to provide professional guidance to practising gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopists for the safe conduct of GI endoscopy procedures during the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and future outbreaks of similar severe respiratory tract infections in Singapore. It draws on the lessons learnt during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic and available published data concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. It addresses measures before, during and after endoscopy that must be considered for both non-infected and infected patients, and provides recommendations for practical implementation.
在这篇论文中，我们旨在为从事胃肠（GI）内镜检查的专业人员提供指导，以确保在当前 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间以及新加坡未来发生类似严重呼吸道感染疫情时安全进行 GI 内镜检查程序。它借鉴了严重急性呼吸综合征（SARS）疫情期间的经验教训和有关 COVID-19 大流行的现有出版数据。它涉及到必须为未感染和感染患者考虑的内镜检查前、检查中和检查后的措施，并提供了实用实施的建议。
