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Management of paediatric IBD after the peak of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: A position paper on behalf of the SIGENP IBD working group
- Source :
- Digestive and Liver Disease
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd., 2020.
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Abstract
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, spreading in Italy during the first months of 2020, abruptly changed the way of practicing medicine in this country. As a consequence of the lockdown, the diagnostic and therapeutic management of paediatric chronic conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been affected. During the peak of COVID-19 pandemic, elective visits, endoscopies and infusions have been postponed, with potential clinical and psychological impact on disease course and a high likelihood of increasing waiting lists. While slowly moving back towards normality, clinicians need to recognize the best ways to care for patients with IBD, carefully avoiding risk factors for new potential epidemic outbreaks. In this uncertain scenario until the development and spread of COVID-19 vaccine, it is necessary to continue to operate with caution. Hereby we provide useful indications for a safer and gradual restarting of routine clinical activities after COVID-19 peak in Italy.
- Subjects :
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
medicine.medical_specialty
COVID-19, Inflammatory bowel disease, Paediatrics
SARS-CoV2
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Guidelines
Inflammatory bowel disease
Pediatrics
Disease course
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pandemic
Medicine
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Child
Hepatology
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Gastroenterology
Outbreak
COVID-19
Paediatrics
medicine.disease
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Organizational Innovation
Italy
Paediatric
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Communicable Disease Control
Position paper
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Risk Adjustment
business
Human
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18783562 and 15908658
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Digestive and Liver Disease
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c6379dbd370e4530b63b2e07506262a4