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Table 1.

Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) endoscopy procedure triage during COVID‐19 pandemic

Procedure triage	Indications
Urgent	Acute gastrointestinal bleeding Gastrointestinal foreign body Acute cholangitis and severe symptomatic obstructive jaundice due to gallstone or tumor Acute luminal obstruction requiring stenting
Semi‐urgent	Tumor diagnosis of highly suspicious cases and tumor staging
Elective	All other procedures, such as routine diagnostic EGD and routine screening colonoscopy

Procedure triage

Indications

Urgent

Acute gastrointestinal bleeding

Gastrointestinal foreign body

Acute cholangitis and severe symptomatic obstructive jaundice due to gallstone or tumor

Acute luminal obstruction requiring stenting

Semi‐urgent

Tumor diagnosis of highly suspicious cases and tumor staging

Elective

All other procedures, such as routine diagnostic EGD and routine screening colonoscopy

COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; EGD, esophagogastroduodenoscopy.