COVID-19 inpatients with gastrointestinal onset: sex and care needs' differences in the district of Ferrara, Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 is characterized by interstitial pneumonia, but a presentation of the disease with digestive symptoms only may occur. This work was aimed at evaluating: (1) the prevalence of presentation with digestive symptoms only in our cohort of COVID-19 inpatients; (2) differences between patients with and without gastrointestinal onset; (3) differences among males and females with gastrointestinal presentation; (4) outcomes of the groups of subjects with and without gastrointestinal onset.

Method

We retrospectively divided the patients hospitalized with COVID-19 into two groups: (1) the one with digestive symptoms (DSG) and (2) the other without digestive symptoms (NDSG). We compared the subjects of DSG with those of NDSG and males with females in the DSG group onl

SUBMITTER: Greco S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8329637 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature