Gastrointestinal Manifestations and Associated Health Outcomes of COVID-19: A Brazilian Experience From the Largest South American Public Hospital.
Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de MouraIgor Mendonça ProençaThomas R McCartyVitor Massaro Takamatsu SagaeIgor Braga RibeiroGuilherme Henrique Peixoto de OliveiraGabriel Mayo Vieira de SouzaBruno Salomao HirschMaria Vitória Cury Vieira ScatimburgoChristopher C ThompsonFlair Jose CarrilhoIvan CecconeloEduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de MouraPublished in: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2020)
Based upon this Brazilian study, gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19 are common but do not appear to impact clinically relevant hospitalization outcomes including the need for ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, or mortality.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- respiratory failure
- emergency department
- healthcare
- mental health
- cardiovascular events
- risk factors
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- type diabetes
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- metabolic syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- insulin resistance