Gastroenterology practice in the COVID-19 era: Ghana Association for the Study of Liver and Digestive Diseases (GASLIDD) position statement

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted healthcare negatively across the globe. The practice of gastroenterology has been affected especially gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy which is considered high risk for transmission of the virus. As a community of practitioners there is the need to share information...

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Autores principales: Awuku, Yaw A, Jibril, Afaa T, Bockarie, Ansumana S, Duah, Amoako, Tachi, Kenneth, Agyei-Nkansah, Adwoa, Afihene, Mary Y
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ghana Medical Association 2020
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Special Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33976449
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.16
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author Awuku, Yaw A
Jibril, Afaa T
Bockarie, Ansumana S
Duah, Amoako
Tachi, Kenneth
Agyei-Nkansah, Adwoa
Afihene, Mary Y
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Jibril, Afaa T
Bockarie, Ansumana S
Duah, Amoako
Tachi, Kenneth
Agyei-Nkansah, Adwoa
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted healthcare negatively across the globe. The practice of gastroenterology has been affected especially gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy which is considered high risk for transmission of the virus. As a community of practitioners there is the need to share information and make evidence-based statements to guide GI practice in Ghana. This GASLIDD position statement based on the growing and rapidly evolving body of knowledge is to provide up to date information on the COVID-19 disease and guidance for the practice of gastroenterology in Ghana and beyond. It is to help the GI community of practice to maintain the highest level of health delivery and safety for our patients, staff, community and GI practitioners FUNDING: Self-funded
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spelling pubmed-80873552021-05-10 Gastroenterology practice in the COVID-19 era: Ghana Association for the Study of Liver and Digestive Diseases (GASLIDD) position statement Awuku, Yaw A Jibril, Afaa T Bockarie, Ansumana S Duah, Amoako Tachi, Kenneth Agyei-Nkansah, Adwoa Afihene, Mary Y Ghana Med J Special Article The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted healthcare negatively across the globe. The practice of gastroenterology has been affected especially gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy which is considered high risk for transmission of the virus. As a community of practitioners there is the need to share information and make evidence-based statements to guide GI practice in Ghana. This GASLIDD position statement based on the growing and rapidly evolving body of knowledge is to provide up to date information on the COVID-19 disease and guidance for the practice of gastroenterology in Ghana and beyond. It is to help the GI community of practice to maintain the highest level of health delivery and safety for our patients, staff, community and GI practitioners FUNDING: Self-funded Ghana Medical Association 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8087355/ /pubmed/33976449 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.16 Text en Copyright © The Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license.
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Awuku, Yaw A
Jibril, Afaa T
Bockarie, Ansumana S
Duah, Amoako
Tachi, Kenneth
Agyei-Nkansah, Adwoa
Afihene, Mary Y
Gastroenterology practice in the COVID-19 era: Ghana Association for the Study of Liver and Digestive Diseases (GASLIDD) position statement
title Gastroenterology practice in the COVID-19 era: Ghana Association for the Study of Liver and Digestive Diseases (GASLIDD) position statement
title_full Gastroenterology practice in the COVID-19 era: Ghana Association for the Study of Liver and Digestive Diseases (GASLIDD) position statement
title_fullStr Gastroenterology practice in the COVID-19 era: Ghana Association for the Study of Liver and Digestive Diseases (GASLIDD) position statement
title_full_unstemmed Gastroenterology practice in the COVID-19 era: Ghana Association for the Study of Liver and Digestive Diseases (GASLIDD) position statement
title_short Gastroenterology practice in the COVID-19 era: Ghana Association for the Study of Liver and Digestive Diseases (GASLIDD) position statement
title_sort gastroenterology practice in the covid-19 era: ghana association for the study of liver and digestive diseases (gaslidd) position statement
topic Special Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33976449
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.16
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