Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

More than 100 million people to date have been affected by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Patients with COVID-19 have a higher risk of bleeding complications. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the outcomes of COVID-19 patients with signs and symptoms of acute gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB).

Methods

A systematic literature search was carried out for articles published until until November 11, 2020, in the Embase, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases. We included studies on COVID-19 patients with signs and symptoms of GIB.

Results

Our search yielded 49 studies, of which eight with a collective 127 patients (86 males and 41 females) met our inclusion criteria. Conservative management alon

SUBMITTER: Iqbal U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8357590 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature