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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Sep 16, 2021; 13(9): 416-425
Published online Sep 16, 2021. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v13.i9.416
Published online Sep 16, 2021. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v13.i9.416
Patients characteristics | |
Male/female | 678 (59.7)/457 (40.3) |
Age (mean ± SD), yr | 63.4 ± 14.5 |
Inpatient | 506 (44.6) |
Outpatient | 598 (52.7) |
Referral | 31 (2.7) |
Recruitment per center | |
"Attikon" Hospital, Athens, Greece | 236 (20.8) |
Aretaieio Hospital, Athens, Greece | 42 (3.7) |
Foggia, Italy | 215 (18.9) |
Verona, Italy | 235 (20.7) |
Belgrade, Serbia | 19 (1.7) |
Brussels, Belgium | 143 (12.6) |
Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia | 149 (13.1) |
Zagreb/Rijeka, Croatia | 96 (8.5) |
Type of endoscopy1 | |
Upper GI-endoscopies | 587 (46.3) |
Colonoscopies/rectosigmoidoscopies | 444 (35.1) |
ERCP | 178 (14.1) |
EUS | 57 (4.5) |
- Citation: Papanikolaou IS, Tziatzios G, Chatzidakis A, Facciorusso A, Crinò SF, Gkolfakis P, Deriban G, Tadic M, Hauser G, Vezakis A, Jovanovic I, Muscatiello N, Meneghetti A, Miltiadou K, Stardelova K, Lacković A, Bourou MZ, Djuranovic S, Triantafyllou K. COVID-19 in the endoscopy unit: How likely is transmission of infection? Results from an international, multicenter study. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2021; 13(9): 416-425
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v13/i9/416.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v13.i9.416