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Comment
. 2020 Oct;52(10):891-898.
doi: 10.1055/a-1213-5761. Epub 2020 Jul 14.

ESGE and ESGENA Position Statement on gastrointestinal endoscopy and COVID-19: An update on guidance during the post-lockdown phase and selected results from a membership survey

Ian M Gralnek #  1 , Cesare Hassan #  2 , Ulrike Beilenhoff  3 , Giulio Antonelli  2 , Alanna Ebigbo  4 , Maria Pellisé  5 , Marianna Arvanitakis  6 , Pradeep Bhandari  7 , Raf Bisschops  8 , Jeanin E Van Hooft  9 , Michal F Kaminski  10 , Konstantinos Triantafyllou  11 , George Webster  12 , Andrei M Voiosu  13 , Heiko Pohl  14 , Irene Dunkley  15 , Björn Fehrke  16 , Mario Gazic  17 , Tatjana Gjergek  18 , Siiri Maasen  19 , Wendy Waagenes  20 , Marjon de Pater  21 , Thierry Ponchon  22 , Peter D Siersema  23 , Helmut Messmann  4 , Mario Dinis-Ribeiro  24
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Comment

ESGE and ESGENA Position Statement on gastrointestinal endoscopy and COVID-19: An update on guidance during the post-lockdown phase and selected results from a membership survey

Ian M Gralnek et al. Endoscopy. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

I.M. Gralnek has received lecture fees from AstraZeneca, Taro Pharma, Vifor Pharma, and 3D Matrix (ongoing), and consultancy fees from Boston Scientific, GI View, Motus GI, and Symbionix (ongoing); he is a member of the Medical Advisory Board of Motus GI. J.E. van Hooft has received lecture fees from Medtronics (2014–2015) and Cook Medical (2019), and consultancy fees from Boston Scientific (2014–2017); her department has received research grants from Cook Medical (2014–2019) and Abbott (2014–2017). M. Kaminski has received lecture fees from Boston Scientific (2018– ongoing) and consultancy fees from Olympus and Fujifilm (2018– ongoing). P.D. Siersema has received research grants from Norgine, Pentax, Microtech, Yakult, and Motus GI (ongoing); he is a member of the Medical Advisory Board of Motus GI. G. Antonelli, M. Arvanitakis, P. Bhandari, R. Bisschops, M. Dinis-Ribeiro, A. Ebigbo, C. Hassan, H. Messmann, M. Pellisé, H. Pohl, T. Ponchon, K. Triantafyllou, A. M. Voiosu, and G. Webster, have no competing interests.

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Proposal for reopening gastrointestinal endoscopy units according to World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiological regional risk stratification and testing if available . Otherwise follow previous recommendations for use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
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Comment on

  • ESGE and ESGENA Position Statement on gastrointestinal endoscopy and the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Gralnek IM, Hassan C, Beilenhoff U, Antonelli G, Ebigbo A, Pellisè M, Arvanitakis M, Bhandari P, Bisschops R, Van Hooft JE, Kaminski MF, Triantafyllou K, Webster G, Pohl H, Dunkley I, Fehrke B, Gazic M, Gjergek T, Maasen S, Waagenes W, de Pater M, Ponchon T, Siersema PD, Messmann H, Dinis-Ribeiro M. Gralnek IM, et al. Endoscopy. 2020 Jun;52(6):483-490. doi: 10.1055/a-1155-6229. Epub 2020 Apr 17. Endoscopy. 2020. PMID: 32303090 Free PMC article.

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