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ArticleIndian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology2021

To assess the efficacy of safety measures adopted during endoscopy in the Corona Virus Disease-19 era for health care professionals-A single-centre tertiary care hospital experience.

Mohan Ramchandani, Hardik Rughwani, Harsh Vardhan Tevethia, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Rakesh Kalapala, Aniruddha Pratap Singh, Pradev Inavolu, Shujaath Asif, Azimudin Haja, Nitin Jagtap and 8 more

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Article in Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [COVID-19 and endoscopy services].Der Gastroenterologe : Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie · 2022
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  2. Editorial commentary on Indian Journal of Gastroenterology-July-August 2021.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohan RamchandaniDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India. ramchandanimohan@gmail.com.
Hardik RughwaniDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Harsh Vardhan TevethiaDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Sundeep LakhtakiaDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Rakesh KalapalaDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Aniruddha Pratap SinghDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Pradev InavoluDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Shujaath AsifDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Azimudin HajaDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Nitin JagtapDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Zaheer NabiDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Deepika GujjarlapudiDepartment of Biochemistry, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad 500 032, India.
Y V SadhanaDepartment of Microbiology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad 500 032, India.
Pragathi KottapalliDepartment of Microbiology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad 500 032, India.
Naveen Chander ReddyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad 500 032, India.
Anuradha SekaranDepartment of Pathology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad 500 032, India.
Santosh DarishettyDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad 500 032, India.
D Nageshwar ReddyDepartment of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 032, India.
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesDuring Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, it has been estimated that approximately 10% of health care professionals (HCPs) have been diagnosed contacting  COVID-19. Aerosol-generating procedures have led to change in safety practices among HCPs. We thus evaluated the efficacy of the endoscopic safety measures among HCPs posted in the endoscopy unit.

methodsIn this retrospective analysis, all endoscopic procedures performed over a period of 4 months, from 1 April to 31 July 2020 were included. We noted indications and number of COVID-positive procedures as well as comprehensive screening of HCPs posted in our endoscopy unit. The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence and outcome of COVID-19 among HCPs.

resultsThree thousand four hundred and sixty procedures were included in the analysis. Indications were divided as urgent (n = 190, 5.49%), semi-urgent (n = 553, 16%) and non-urgent group (n = 2717, 78.52%). Thirty-four procedures (0.98%) were done on diagnosed COVID-19 patients. The most common indications were gastrointestinal bleed (n = 12/34, 35.30%) followed by biliary sepsis (n = 9/34, 26.5%). Among the HCPs, the incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 was 6.58% (n = 5/76). All HCPs recovered with excellent outcomes. A comprehensive screening showed 7.90% (n = 6/76) HCPs having Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody in their sera.

conclusionAddition of safety measures in endoscopy leads to low risk of transmission among HCPs.

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Health PersonnelOccupational HealthAdolescentAdultAgedCOVID-19EndoscopyFemaleHumansIncidenceIndiaInfection ControlInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalMaleMiddle AgedOccupational DiseasesCOVID-19Endoscopic proceduresGastrointestinal endoscopyPandemicPersonal protective equipmentRT-PCRSARS-CoV-2

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PMID34342866
PMCPMC8329413
OpenAlexW3190466174

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