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Table 3 Pre and post-procedure COVID-19 testing

From: Restarting elective endoscopy safely amidst an evolving pandemic and the impact of patient perception

Procedure

Rapid ID

PCR

Days before procedure

Fever

Cough

SOB

Anosmia/ Ageusia

GI symptoms

Responded to survey

Postop testing

n

EGD

92.4% (61)

7.6%

(5)

2.0 days

3.0%

(2)

13.6%

(9)

7.6%

(5)

1.5%

(1)

7.6%

(5)

90.9%

(60)

25.8%

(17)

66

ERCP

100%

(11)

0

1.2 days

0

0

9.1%

(1)

0

27.3%

(3)

72.7%

(8)

27.3%

(3)

11

EUS

100%

(2)

0

2.0 days

0

50%

(1)

50%

(1)

50%

(1)

0

100%

(2)

0

2

EUS/ERCP

83.3%

(5)

16.7

(1)

1.7 days

0

33.3%

(2)

16.7

(1)

0

0

50%

(3)

16.7

(1)

6

Enteroscopy

100%

(1)

0

1

0

100%

(1)

100%

(1)

0

0

100%

(1)

0

1

PEG

(1)

0

1

     

0

0

1

Total Upper Endoscopies

93%

(81)

7%

(6)

1.8

2.3%

(2)

14.9%

(13)

10.3%

(9)

2.6%

(2)

9.2%

(8)

85.1%

(74)

24.1%

(21)

87

Colonoscopy

94.7%

(124)

5.3%

(7)

2.1 days

0.8%

(1)

1.6%

(2)

0.8%

(1)

0

3.1%

(4)

88.5%

(116)

3.8%

(5)

131

Ileoscopy

100%

(1)

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

100%

0

1

Flex sig

100%

(2)

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

50%

(1)

0

2

Total Lower Endoscopies

96.3%

(129)

4.0%

(7)

2.1

0.7%

(1)

1.5%

(2)

0.7%

(1)

0

3.0%

(4)

87.3%

(117)

3.7%

(5)

134

EGD/Colon

96.7%

(58)

3.3%

(2)

2.1 days

1.67%

(1)

10%

(6)

6.7%

(4)

0

1.67%

(1)

73.3%

(44)

18.3%

(11)

60

All

94.7%

(266)

5.3%

(15)

2.0

1.4%

(4)

7.5%

(21)

5%

(14)

0.7%

(2)

4.6%

(13)

87.5%

(246)

13.2%

(37)

281

  1. Total procedures performed stratified by type of procedure. Pre-operative and post-operative COVID-19 test results were recorded