Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Endoscopy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicenter Study from New York City.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly impacted the practice of endoscopy, but characteristics of COVID patients undergoing endoscopy have not been adequately described.

Aims

To compare findings, clinical outcomes, and patient characteristics of endoscopies performed during the pandemic in patients with and without COVID-19.

Methods

This was a retrospective multicenter study of adult endoscopies at six academic hospitals in New York between March 16 and April 30, 2020. Patient and procedure characteristics including age, sex, indication, findings, interventions, and outcomes were compared in patients testing positive, negative, or untested for COVID-19.

Results

Six hundred and five endoscopies were performed on 545 patient

SUBMITTER: Blackett JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7490780 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature