Laryngoscopic Examination During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Turkish Voice Speech and Swallowing Disorders Society and Turkish Professional Voice Society Recommendations
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2020Author
Cobanoglu, H. Bengu
Enver, Necati
Akbulut, Sevtap
Atmis, E. Ozlem
Birkent, Hakan
Buyukatalay, Ciler
Demirhan, Erhan
Denizoglu, Ilter
Hasimli, Ramil
Korkmaz, Muge Ozcelik
Ozgursoy, Selmin Karatayli
Ozturk, Kayhan
Paltura, Ceki
Sirin, Seher
Tatar, Emel Cadalli
Tuzuner, Arzu
Yelken, Kursat
Coskun, H. Hakan
Oguz, Haldun
Oz, Ferhan
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COVID-19 is highly transmissible and spreads rapidly in the population. This increases the occupational risk for health care workers. In otolaryngology clinic practice, patients with upper respiratory tract infection symptoms are common. Also, routine head and neck examinations such as oral cavity examination, nasal/nasopharyngeal examination, or video laryngostroboscopic evaluation are highly risky because of the aerosol formation. To emphasize this issue, two leading otolaryngology organizations in Turkey; 'Voice Speech and Swallowing Disorders Society', and 'Professional Voice Society' gathered a task force. This task force aimed to prepare a consensus report that would provide practical recommendations of the safety measurements during routine clinical care of laryngology patients. To fulfill this, universal aim, on the 2nd and 9th of May 2020, two web-based meetings were conducted by 20 expert physicians. This eighteen items list was prepared as an output.
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