id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-282483-0zsvhoog Ghisa, Matteo Reorganization of the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Unit during the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak - Practical Recommendations 2020-07-10 .txt text/plain 663 42 46 While endoscopy with biopsies and radiology remain our most effective weapons to identify or manage these disorders, procedures such as high-resolution manometry (HRM) and reflux monitoring are the most specialized techniques able to clarify unclear clinical scenarios and improve patients' management. If an appointment is necessary, the day before the visit, health care professionals (HCPs) should call the patients to confirm it and to ask questions A rapid and functional reorganization of all the activities of a motility laboratory is mandatory to maintain as good as possible the standards of care, to reduce risks for both patients and healthcare personnel and to leave resources available to tackle this pandemic. However, considering that the efficacy of herd immunity is uncertain, a vaccine is not yet available and another wave of infections may arrive, COVID-19 could become a long-term problem and therefore it is necessary to permanently integrate these services in our way of providing medical care. ./cache/cord-282483-0zsvhoog.txt ./txt/cord-282483-0zsvhoog.txt