March 27, 2020

Acute gastrointestinal injury in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China.

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• This clinical retrospective study of 83 critically ill COVID-19 patients found high rates of acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI) (87%) and hospital mortality (48%).
• Organ failure, white blood cell counts, and duration of mechanical ventilation were risk factors for grade II AGI and above.  Patients with worse AGI had worse clinical severity, higher septic shock incidence, and higher 28-day mortality.

Sun et al. (Mar 27, 2020). Acute gastrointestinal injury in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China. Pre-print downloaded Mar 27 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.25.20043570