Raising the threshold for hospital admission and endoscopy in upper gastrointestinal bleeding during the COVID-19 pandemic

Endoscopy 2020; 52(10): 930-931
DOI: 10.1055/a-1202-1374

Letter to the editor

Stig B. Laursen

¹Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

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Ian M. Gralnek

²Ellen and Pinchas Mamber Institute of Gastroenterology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel

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Adrian J. Stanley

³Department of Gastroenterology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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