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Comment
. 2020 Aug;92(2):439-440.
doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.03.3853. Epub 2020 Apr 2.

Use of a modified ventilation mask to avoid aerosolizing spread of droplets for short endoscopic procedures during coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak

Michele Marchese  1 , Annalisa Capannolo  1 , Loreto Lombardi  1 , Michela Di Carlo  2 , Franco Marinangeli  2 , Pierfrancesco Fusco  3
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Use of a modified ventilation mask to avoid aerosolizing spread of droplets for short endoscopic procedures during coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak

Michele Marchese et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Aug.
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Figure 1
Droplet-containing device used during a procedure performed in a patient with a PEGJ and hence in supine position. A, Bite block set with O2 tubing and nasal CO2 sampling. B, Anesthetic face mask applied over the bite block set and fixed with an elastic band system. C, Rubber valve made with a glove finger placed on the endoscope port. D, Monitoring of vital signs during the procedure. PEGJ, percutaneous endoscopic transgastric jejunostomy.
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  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: what the department of endoscopy should know.
    Repici A, Maselli R, Colombo M, Gabbiadini R, Spadaccini M, Anderloni A, Carrara S, Fugazza A, Di Leo M, Galtieri PA, Pellegatta G, Ferrara EC, Azzolini E, Lagioia M. Repici A, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Jul;92(1):192-197. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.03.019. Epub 2020 Mar 14. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020. PMID: 32179106 Free PMC article.

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