Assessment of Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Dyspnea in Patients Hospitalized due to COVID-19: Contribution to Clinical Course and Mortality.

ABSTRACT: Gastrointestinal manifestations may accompany the respiratory symptoms of COVID-19. Abdominal pain (AP) without nausea and vomiting is one of the most common. To date, its role and prognostic value in patients with COVID-19 is still debated. Therefore, we performed a retrospective analysis of 2184 individuals admitted to hospital due to COVID-19. We divided the patients into four groups according to presented symptoms: dyspnea, n = 871 (39.9%); AP, n = 97 (4.4%); AP with dyspnea together, n = 50 (2.3%); and patients without dyspnea and AP, n = 1166 (53.4%). The patients with AP showed tendency to be younger than these with dyspnea, but without AP (63.0 [38.0-70.0] vs. 65.0 [52.0-74.0] years, p = 0.061), and they were more often females as compared to patients with dyspnea (57.7% vs. 44.6%,

SUBMITTER: Kaliszewski K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8999487 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature