Recommendations for the reopening and activity resumption of the neurogastroenterology units in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Position of the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Neurogastroenterología.

Autor:	Remes-Troche JM; Instituto de Investigaciones Médico-Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, México. Electronic address: jose.remes.troche@gmail.com., Valdovinos-Díaz MA; Departamento de Gastroenterología, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, México., Viebig R; Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterología e Especialidades, São Paulo, Brasil., Defilippi C; Sección de Gastroenterología, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile., Bustos-Fernández LM; Centro Médico Dr. Bustos Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Sole L; Consultorios de Motilidad Digestiva (CMD), Buenos Aires, Argentina., Hani-Amador AC; Unidad de Gastroenterología Hospital San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Jazyk:	English; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English) [Rev Gastroenterol Mex (Engl Ed)] 2020 Oct - Dec; Vol. 85 (4), pp. 428-436. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 11.
DOI:	10.1016/j.rgmx.2020.07.001
Abstrakt:	The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the establishment of preventive measures against contagion during the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic tests in gastroenterology. Digestive tract motility tests involve an intermediate and elevated risk for the transmission of COVID-19 infection. Given their elective or non-urgent indication in the majority of cases, we recommend postponing those tests until significant control of the infection rate in each Latin American country has been achieved during the pandemic. When the health authorities allow the return to normality, and in the absence of an effective treatment for or preventive vaccine against COVID-19 infection, we recommend a strict protocol for classifying patients according to their infectious-contagious status through the appropriate use of tests for the detection of the virus and the immune response to it, and the following of protective measures by the healthcare personnel to prevent contagion during the performance of a gastrointestinal motility test. (Copyright © 2020 Asociación Mexicana de Gastroenterología. Publicado por Masson Doyma México S.A. All rights reserved.)
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