Correlation of Gastrointestinal Symptoms at Initial Presentation with Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: Results from a Large Health System in the Southern USA.
Harsh K PatelRosemary KovacicViveksandeep Thoguluva ChandrasekarSneha C PatelMunraj SinghElise Le CamJeffrey H BurtonArnab RayJanak N ShahPublished in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2022)
Among a hospitalized COVID-19 positive Southern US population, 41% patients presented with either diarrhea, nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain initially. The presence of GI symptoms has no association with in-hospital all-cause mortality.