Aim of the study - To assess the prevalence of risk factors of prion-related disease transmission in a gastrointestinal endoscopy unit. Methods - Clinical evaluation of the risk of transmission of prion-related diseas...Aim of the study - To assess the prevalence of risk factors of prion-related disease transmission in a gastrointestinal endoscopy unit. Methods - Clinical evaluation of the risk of transmission of prion-related diseases using the criteria defined by the French circular 138 in patients referred for digestive endoscopy without anesthesia. Results - 1017 patients were included in this study. According to circular 138,7 patients (0.68% ) were at high risk of transmitting prion-related disease. According to these criteria, a high index of suspicion of prion related disease was detected in 26 patients (2.55% ). Clinical evaluation of risk was not possible for 56 patients (5.51% ), due to coma or sedation (38 patients) or communication impairment (18 patients). Conclusions-Application of circular 138 led us to consider that 2.55% of patients in this study had a high risk of prion-related disease. The circular criteria cannot be assessed in patients with sedation for mechanical ventilation, coma or communication impairment.展开更多
文摘Aim of the study - To assess the prevalence of risk factors of prion-related disease transmission in a gastrointestinal endoscopy unit. Methods - Clinical evaluation of the risk of transmission of prion-related diseases using the criteria defined by the French circular 138 in patients referred for digestive endoscopy without anesthesia. Results - 1017 patients were included in this study. According to circular 138,7 patients (0.68% ) were at high risk of transmitting prion-related disease. According to these criteria, a high index of suspicion of prion related disease was detected in 26 patients (2.55% ). Clinical evaluation of risk was not possible for 56 patients (5.51% ), due to coma or sedation (38 patients) or communication impairment (18 patients). Conclusions-Application of circular 138 led us to consider that 2.55% of patients in this study had a high risk of prion-related disease. The circular criteria cannot be assessed in patients with sedation for mechanical ventilation, coma or communication impairment.