The Incidence and Mortality Impact of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.
Jasbir MakkerNikhitha MantriHarish K PatelHafsa AbbasAhmed BaiomiHaozhe SunYongsub ChoiSridhar ChilimuriSuresh Kumar NayuduPublished in: Clinical and experimental gastroenterology (2021)
Patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection are at risk of gastrointestinal bleeding. Therapeutic doses of anticoagulation, mechanical ventilation and steroid use are significant risk factors for GI bleeding. However, GI bleeding did not significantly alter the mortality rates in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients.
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- mechanical ventilation
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- cardiovascular events
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- intensive care unit
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation