Short-Term COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Endoscopy Delays Did Not Translate to Deleterious Outcomes for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study | Zendy

Jason Chambers | Zendy; Gurpreet Malhi | Zendy; Maria Mikail | Zendy; Reena Khanna | Zendy; Aze Wilson | Zendy

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Short-Term COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Endoscopy Delays Did Not Translate to Deleterious Outcomes for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Author(s) -

Jason Chambers,

Gurpreet Malhi,

Maria Mikail,

Reena Khanna,

Aze Wilson

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

journal of the canadian association of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2515-2092

pISSN - 2515-2084

DOI - 10.1093/jcag/gwac009

Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , covid-19 , retrospective cohort study , inflammatory bowel disease , endoscopy , disease , term (time) , cohort , cohort study , intensive care medicine , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , physics , quantum mechanics

The management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) requires frequent endoscopic assessment. It is unknown if measures put in place to reduce the spread of the virus SARS-CoV-2, including the delay of non-urgent patient assessments, resulted in deleterious outcomes for patients with IBD. Therefore, we aimed to determine if delays in endoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with an increased risk of adverse IBD outcomes (emergency room, ER presentation, hospitalization, surgery, or escalation of drug therapy).

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