Open AccessAerosols Produced by Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Quantitative Evaluation
Author(s) -
Ryota Sagami,
Hidefumi Nishikiori,
Takao Sato,
Hiroaki Tsuji,
Masami Ono,
Kazumi Togo,
Kensuke Fukuda,
Kazushi Okamoto,
Ryo Ogawa,
Kazuhiro Mizukami,
Tadayoshi Okimoto,
Masaaki Kodama,
Yuji Amano,
Kazunari Murakami
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the american journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.907
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1572-0241
pISSN - 0002-9270
DOI - 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000983
Subject(s) - endoscopy , medicine , upper gastrointestinal endoscopy , aerosol , upper endoscopy , gastroenterology , meteorology , physics
During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, whether endoscopy generates aerosols needs to be determined.