Pediatric Endoscopy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications of Universal Preprocedural Testing for PPE Utilization

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Research and Learning Institutes, Department of Paediatrics and the Wilson Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

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Catharine M Walsh et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 1;72(1):e26-e28.

doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002963.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Research and Learning Institutes, Department of Paediatrics and the Wilson Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

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Pediatric Endoscopy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Addressing the Implications of Universal Preprocedural Testing for PPE Utilization.
Hsu EK, Ambartsumyan L, Wahbeh GT, Zerr DM, Lin TK. Hsu EK, et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 Jan 1;72(1):e25-e26. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002962. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021. PMID: 33003169 No abstract available.

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