Digestive Manifestations in Patients Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: The prevalence and significance of digestive manifestations in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain uncertain. We aimed to assess the prevalence, spectrum, severity, and significance of digestive manifestations in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

METHODS: Consecutive patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were identified across a geographically diverse alliance of medical centers in North America. Data pertaining to baseline characteristics, symptomatology, laboratory assessment, imaging, and endoscopic findings from the time of symptom onset until discharge or death were abstracted manually from electronic health records to characterize the prevalence, spectrum, and severity of digestive manifestations. Regression analyses were performed to evaluate the association between digestive manifestations and severe outcomes related to COVID-19.

RESULTS: A total of 1992 patients across 36 centers met eligibility criteria and were included. Overall, 53% of patients experienced at least 1 gastrointestinal symptom at any time during their illness, most commonly diarrhea (34%), nausea (27%), vomiting (16%), and abdominal pain (11%). In 74% of cases, gastrointestinal symptoms were judged to be mild. In total, 35% of patients developed an abnormal alanine aminotransferase or total bilirubin level; these were increased to less than 5 times the upper limit of normal in 77% of cases. After adjusting for potential confounders, the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms at any time (odds ratio, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.76-1.15) or liver test abnormalities on admission (odds ratio, 1.31; 95% CI, 0.80-2.12) were not associated independently with mechanical ventilation or death.

CONCLUSIONS: Among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, gastrointestinal symptoms and liver test abnormalities were common, but the majority were mild and their presence was not associated with a more severe clinical course.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 19(2021), 7 vom: 10. Juli, Seite 1355-1365.e4

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Elmunzer, B Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Spitzer, Rebecca L [VerfasserIn]
Foster, Lydia D [VerfasserIn]
Merchant, Ambreen A [VerfasserIn]
Howard, Eric F [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Vaishali A [VerfasserIn]
West, Mary K [VerfasserIn]
Qayed, Emad [VerfasserIn]
Nustas, Rosemary [VerfasserIn]
Zakaria, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Piper, Marc S [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Jason R [VerfasserIn]
Jaza, Lujain [VerfasserIn]
Forbes, Nauzer [VerfasserIn]
Chau, Millie [VerfasserIn]
Lara, Luis F [VerfasserIn]
Papachristou, Georgios I [VerfasserIn]
Volk, Michael L [VerfasserIn]
Hilson, Liam G [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Selena [VerfasserIn]
Kushnir, Vladimir M [VerfasserIn]
Lenyo, Alexandria M [VerfasserIn]
McLeod, Caroline G [VerfasserIn]
Amin, Sunil [VerfasserIn]
Kuftinec, Gabriela N [VerfasserIn]
Yadav, Dhiraj [VerfasserIn]
Fox, Charlie [VerfasserIn]
Kolb, Jennifer M [VerfasserIn]
Pawa, Swati [VerfasserIn]
Pawa, Rishi [VerfasserIn]
Canakis, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Jamil, Laith H [VerfasserIn]
Aneese, Andrew M [VerfasserIn]
Glamour, Benita K [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Zachary L [VerfasserIn]
Hanley, Katherine A [VerfasserIn]
Wood, Jordan [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Harsh K [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Janak N [VerfasserIn]
Agarunov, Emil [VerfasserIn]
Sethi, Amrita [VerfasserIn]
Fogel, Evan L [VerfasserIn]
McNulty, Gail [VerfasserIn]
Haseeb, Abdul [VerfasserIn]
Trieu, Judy A [VerfasserIn]
Dixon, Rebekah E [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jeong Yun [VerfasserIn]
Mendelsohn, Robin B [VerfasserIn]
Calo, Delia [VerfasserIn]
Aroniadis, Olga C [VerfasserIn]
LaComb, Joseph F [VerfasserIn]
Scheiman, James M [VerfasserIn]
Sauer, Bryan G [VerfasserIn]
Dang, Duyen T [VerfasserIn]
Piraka, Cyrus R [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Eric D [VerfasserIn]
Pohl, Heiko [VerfasserIn]
Tierney, William M [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Condon, Ashwinee [VerfasserIn]
Lenhart, Adrienne [VerfasserIn]
Dua, Kulwinder S [VerfasserIn]
Kanagala, Vikram S [VerfasserIn]
Kamal, Ayesha [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Vikesh K [VerfasserIn]
Pinto-Sanchez, Maria Ines [VerfasserIn]
Hutchinson, Joy M [VerfasserIn]
Kwon, Richard S [VerfasserIn]
Korsnes, Sheryl J [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Harminder [VerfasserIn]
Solati, Zahra [VerfasserIn]
Willingham, Field F [VerfasserIn]
Yachimski, Patrick S [VerfasserIn]
Conwell, Darwin L [VerfasserIn]
Mosier, Evan [VerfasserIn]
Azab, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Anish [VerfasserIn]
Buxbaum, James [VerfasserIn]
Wani, Sachin [VerfasserIn]
Chak, Amitabh [VerfasserIn]
Hosmer, Amy E [VerfasserIn]
Keswani, Rajesh N [VerfasserIn]
DiMaio, Christopher J [VerfasserIn]
Bronze, Michael S [VerfasserIn]
Muthusamy, Raman [VerfasserIn]
Canto, Marcia I [VerfasserIn]
Gjeorgjievski, V Mihajlo [VerfasserIn]
Imam, Zaid [VerfasserIn]
Odish, Fadi [VerfasserIn]
Edhi, Ahmed I [VerfasserIn]
Orosey, Molly [VerfasserIn]
Tiwari, Abhinav [VerfasserIn]
Patwardhan, Soumil [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Nicholas G [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Anish A [VerfasserIn]
Ordiah, Collins O [VerfasserIn]
Sloan, Ian P [VerfasserIn]
Cruz, Lilian [VerfasserIn]
Koza, Casey L [VerfasserIn]
North American Alliance for the Study of Digestive Manifestations of COVID-19 [VerfasserIn]
et al [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Digestive Manifestations
Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Hepatic Manifestations
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 03.08.2021

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cgh.2020.09.041

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315807164