Open AccessConsequences and management of COVID-19 on the care activity of an inflammatory Bowel Disease unit.
Author(s) -
Ismael El Hajra,
Marta Calvo,
E. Santos Pérez,
S. Blanco Rey,
I González Partida,
Virginia Matallana,
Yago González-Lama,
María Isabel Vera
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7543/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , referral , covid-19 , pandemic , intensive care unit , tertiary referral hospital , emergency medicine , disease , retrospective cohort study , family medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty)
COVID-19 has altered the usual practice of medicine and the state of emergency declared in Spain on March 14th has considerably changed the activity of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) units. The aim of this study was to evaluate the consequences of COVID-19 on the IBD Unit's activity and provide information on restructuring with available resources.