GESA Statement on the timing of elective endoscopic procedures in patients with recent COVID-19 infection

M Lamba¹, N Tiwari¹, M Remedios^{1

2}, J Begun^{2

3}, B Christensen^{2

4}, S Bollipo^{2

5}, B Devereaux^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² Gastroenterological Society of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Mater Young Adult Health Centre, Mater Misericordiae Brisbane Ltd, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

M Lamba et al. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;37(7):1400-1401.

doi: 10.1111/jgh.15873. Epub 2022 May 11.

M Lamba¹, N Tiwari¹, M Remedios^{1

2}, J Begun^{2

3}, B Christensen^{2

4}, S Bollipo^{2

5}, B Devereaux^{1

2}

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² Gastroenterological Society of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Mater Young Adult Health Centre, Mater Misericordiae Brisbane Ltd, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

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