COVID-19 in the endoscopy unit: How likely is transmission of infection? Results from an international, multicenter study

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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Sep 16, 2021; 13(9): 416-425
Published online Sep 16, 2021. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v13.i9.416

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

Patients characteristics
Male/female	678 (59.7)/457 (40.3)
Age (mean ± SD), yr	63.4 ± 14.5
Inpatient	506 (44.6)
Outpatient	598 (52.7)
Referral	31 (2.7)
Recruitment per center
"Attikon" Hospital, Athens, Greece	236 (20.8)
Aretaieio Hospital, Athens, Greece	42 (3.7)
Foggia, Italy	215 (18.9)
Verona, Italy	235 (20.7)
Belgrade, Serbia	19 (1.7)
Brussels, Belgium	143 (12.6)
Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia	149 (13.1)
Zagreb/Rijeka, Croatia	96 (8.5)
Type of endoscopy¹
Upper GI-endoscopies	587 (46.3)
Colonoscopies/rectosigmoidoscopies	444 (35.1)
ERCP	178 (14.1)
EUS	57 (4.5)

Data are n (%) unless noted otherwise.

¹A total of 1266 endoscopies. ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS: Endoscopic ultrasonography; GI: Gastrointestinal; SD: Standard deviation.

Citation: Papanikolaou IS, Tziatzios G, Chatzidakis A, Facciorusso A, Crinò SF, Gkolfakis P, Deriban G, Tadic M, Hauser G, Vezakis A, Jovanovic I, Muscatiello N, Meneghetti A, Miltiadou K, Stardelova K, Lacković A, Bourou MZ, Djuranovic S, Triantafyllou K. COVID-19 in the endoscopy unit: How likely is transmission of infection? Results from an international, multicenter study. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2021; 13(9): 416-425
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v13/i9/416.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v13.i9.416