Gastrointestinal endoscopy | Volume 90 of Issue 6
Authors: Shergill AK, McQuaid KR
The current endoscope design is not ergonomic. There is a high prevalence of endoscopy-related injury reported in the literature, and studies have demonstrated high-risk biomechanical exposures during the performance of routine colonoscopy. Endoscopy ergonomics focuses on understanding the endoscopist's interaction with the endoscope and the endoscopy unit and re-designing these tasks to minimize the risk of endoscopy-related injury. The discussion to date has focused on what the endoscopist can do to minimize his or her risk of injury. It is imperative that we re-frame that discussion because the implication that physicians are responsible for implementing personal or workplace interventions places an undue burden on physicians and will be the least effective exposure control method. Endoscope companies need to consider the endoscopist in their design process. As a profession, we need to collectively advocate for endoscopist safety. We offer a perspective on how ergonomic endoscopy can become a realistic and achievable goal.
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Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)
Authors: Ward MM, Deodhar A, Gensler LS, Dubreuil M, Yu D, Khan MA, Haroon N, Borenstein D, Wang R, Biehl A, Fang MA, Louie G, Majithia V, Ng B, Bigham R, Pianin M, Shah AA, Sullivan N, Turgunbaev M, Oristaglio J, Turner A, Maksymowych WP, Caplan L
PloS one
Authors: Sperati CJ, Soman S, Agrawal V, Liu Y, Abdel-Kader K, Diamantidis CJ, Estrella MM, Cavanaugh K, Plantinga L, Schell J, Simon J, Vassalotti JA, Choi MJ, Jaar BG, Greer RC
The New England journal of medicine
Authors: Metra M, Teerlink JR, Cotter G, Davison BA, Felker GM, Filippatos G, Greenberg BH, Pang PS, Ponikowski P, Voors AA, Adams KF, Anker SD, Arias-Mendoza A, Avendaño P, Bacal F, Böhm M, Bortman G, Cleland JGF, Cohen-Solal A, Crespo-Leiro MG, Dorobantu M, Echeverría LE, Ferrari R, Goland S, Goncalvesová E, Goudev A, Køber L, Lema-Osores J, Levy PD, McDonald K, Manga P, Merkely B, Mueller C, Pieske B, Silva-Cardoso J, Špinar J, Squire I, Stepinska J, Van Mieghem W, von Lewinski D, Wikström G, Yilmaz MB, Hagner N, Holbro T, Hua TA, Sabarwal SV, Severin T, Szecsödy P, Gimpelewicz C
JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
Authors: Hall PS, O'Donnell CI, Mathew V, Garcia S, Bavry AA, Banerjee S, Jneid H, Denktas AE, Giacomini JC, Grossman PM, Aggarwal K, Zimmet JM, Tseng EE, Gozdecki L, Burke L, Bertog SC, Buchbinder M, Plomondon ME, Waldo SW, Shunk KA
The European respiratory journal
Authors: Arjomandi M, Zeng S, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Bowler RP, Buhr RG, Criner GJ, Comellas AP, Cooper CB, Couper DJ, Curtis JL, Dransfield MT, Han MK, Hansel NN, Hoffman EA, Kaner RJ, Kanner RE, Krishnan JA, Paine R, Peters SP, Rennard SI, Woodruff PG
Arthritis care & research
Authors: Ward MM, Deodhar A, Gensler LS, Dubreuil M, Yu D, Khan MA, Haroon N, Borenstein D, Wang R, Biehl A, Fang MA, Louie G, Majithia V, Ng B, Bigham R, Pianin M, Shah AA, Sullivan N, Turgunbaev M, Oristaglio J, Turner A, Maksymowych WP, Caplan L
JAMA psychiatry
Authors: Scherrer JF, Salas J, Norman SB, Schnurr PP, Chard KM, Tuerk P, Schneider FD, van den Berk-Clark C, Cohen BE, Friedman MJ, Lustman PJ
Circulation research
Authors: Myagmar BE, Ismaili T, Swigart P, Raghunathan A, Baker AJ, Sahdeo S, Blevitt JM, Milla ME, Simpson PC
JAMA internal medicine
Authors: Anderson TS, Jing B, Auerbach A, Wray CM, Lee S, Boscardin WJ, Fung K, Ngo S, Silvestrini M, Steinman MA
