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ReviewGastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates

Clinical Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients: An Integrative Review.

Mohammad Abbasinia, Ahmad Hormati, Seyed Kamal Eshagh Hossaini, Seyed Yaser Foroghi Ghomi, Farhad Zamani, Mahboubeh Afifian, Sajjad Ahmadpour

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Review in Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. COVID-19 Infection, Drugs, and Liver Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  8. A review of the effect of COVID-19 on immune responses of the body.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022
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  9. Gastrointestinal and Liver Manifestations in COVID-19 Population.Middle East journal of digestive diseases · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mohammad AbbasiniaMohammad Abbasinia, PhD, MSc, is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Ahmad HormatiMohammad Abbasinia, PhD, MSc, is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Seyed Kamal Eshagh HossainiMohammad Abbasinia, PhD, MSc, is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Seyed Yaser Foroghi GhomiMohammad Abbasinia, PhD, MSc, is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Farhad ZamaniMohammad Abbasinia, PhD, MSc, is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Mahboubeh AfifianMohammad Abbasinia, PhD, MSc, is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Sajjad AhmadpourMohammad Abbasinia, PhD, MSc, is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China, its spread to other countries is rapidly increasing. In this integrative review, we report the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with COVID-19. For this purpose, available articles on gastrointestinal manifestations in patients with COVID-19, which were reported from China, were reviewed. All reviewed articles were searched from December 11, 2019, to June 20, 2020, based on specific key words. Related findings in these articles show that the main target of COVID-19 is lung tissue, as after the virus enters the body, it mainly causes respiratory symptoms in affected patients. But in addition to respiratory symptoms, it is possible that, over time, these patients present with other symptoms, the most obvious of which are gastrointestinal symptoms. It is well documented that diarrhea and vomiting are the most common gastrointestinal symptoms in COVID-19 patients. As part of this report, we also look at the incidence and frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms in COVID-19 patients in Iran. The results can be used by providers as a guideline for better management of gastrointestinal symptoms in these patients.

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ChinaCOVID-19Gastrointestinal DiseasesHumansIncidenceIranPrevalence

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PMID33538525
PMCPMC7853724

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