Gastrointestinal mucosal damage in patients with COVID-19 undergoing endoscopy: an international multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although evidence suggests frequent gastrointestinal (GI) involvement during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), endoscopic findings are scarcely reported.

Aims

We aimed at registering endoscopic abnormalities and potentially associated risk factors among patients with COVID-19.

Methods

All consecutive patients with COVID-19 undergoing endoscopy in 16 institutions from high-prevalence regions were enrolled. Mann-Whitney U, χ² or Fisher's exact test were used to compare patients with major abnormalities to those with negative procedures, and multivariate logistic regression to identify independent predictors.

Results

Between February and May 2020, during the first pandemic outbreak with severely restricted endoscopy activity, 114 endoscopi

SUBMITTER: Vanella G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907837 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature