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Beijing Tiantan Hospital: Diarrhea patients require nucleic acid testing
April 17, 2022 21:03 Sina News Comprehensive
Source: Beijing News Broadcasting
In late spring and early summer, gastrointestinal infectious diseases gradually increased, and some patients with new coronary pneumonia may also have gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting as the main manifestations. Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University implements stratified management of patients in key departments such as intestinal outpatient clinic and pediatrics, and prevents the risk of nosocomial infection by adding screening links and adjusting the medical treatment process.
Wang Baozeng, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Beijing Tiantan Hospital, said that the hospital's intestinal outpatient clinic has been officially opened since April 1, serving patients 24 hours a day. All febrile patients with an epidemiological history must go to the fever clinic. In view of the possibility of gastrointestinal symptoms after infection with new coronary pneumonia, for patients with diarrhea and fever, the original visit to the intestinal outpatient clinic is adjusted to the fever clinic, and the new coronary pneumonia "1+3" and digestive tract infectious diseases are carried out at the same time. Screening, after excluding the new coronary pneumonia, the infectious disease professional physician will conduct diagnosis and treatment in the fever clinic; for patients with simple diarrhea, they should go to the intestinal clinic, but they need to perform nucleic acid testing in the intestinal clinic to rule out new coronary pneumonia.
For pediatric patients with diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms, high-risk patients from medium and high-risk areas, etc., go to the intestinal outpatient clinic, and the pediatrician will go to the intestinal outpatient clinic for diagnosis and treatment, and nucleic acid screening will be performed ; non-high-risk patients, in Pediatric visit. Non-high-risk children with fever should go to the special pediatric clinic, and high-risk children need to go to the fever clinic.
According to reports, at present, the intestinal outpatient department of Beijing Tiantan Hospital has realized one-stop medical services for diarrhea patients in the diagnosis and treatment area. Patients can complete various procedures in the intestinal outpatient clinic, reduce patient running and personnel flow, and avoid cross-infection, etc. .
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April 17, 2022 21:03 Sina News Comprehensive
Source: Beijing News Broadcasting
In late spring and early summer, gastrointestinal infectious diseases gradually increased, and some patients with new coronary pneumonia may also have gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting as the main manifestations. Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University implements stratified management of patients in key departments such as intestinal outpatient clinic and pediatrics, and prevents the risk of nosocomial infection by adding screening links and adjusting the medical treatment process.
Wang Baozeng, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Beijing Tiantan Hospital, said that the hospital's intestinal outpatient clinic has been officially opened since April 1, serving patients 24 hours a day. All febrile patients with an epidemiological history must go to the fever clinic. In view of the possibility of gastrointestinal symptoms after infection with new coronary pneumonia, for patients with diarrhea and fever, the original visit to the intestinal outpatient clinic is adjusted to the fever clinic, and the new coronary pneumonia "1+3" and digestive tract infectious diseases are carried out at the same time. Screening, after excluding the new coronary pneumonia, the infectious disease professional physician will conduct diagnosis and treatment in the fever clinic; for patients with simple diarrhea, they should go to the intestinal clinic, but they need to perform nucleic acid testing in the intestinal clinic to rule out new coronary pneumonia.
For pediatric patients with diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms, high-risk patients from medium and high-risk areas, etc., go to the intestinal outpatient clinic, and the pediatrician will go to the intestinal outpatient clinic for diagnosis and treatment, and nucleic acid screening will be performed ; non-high-risk patients, in Pediatric visit. Non-high-risk children with fever should go to the special pediatric clinic, and high-risk children need to go to the fever clinic.
According to reports, at present, the intestinal outpatient department of Beijing Tiantan Hospital has realized one-stop medical services for diarrhea patients in the diagnosis and treatment area. Patients can complete various procedures in the intestinal outpatient clinic, reduce patient running and personnel flow, and avoid cross-infection, etc. .
zhttps://news.sina.com.cn/c/2022-04-17/doc-imcwipii4843924.shtml#/