ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2023
Trends in gastrointestinal disease hospitalizations and outcomes during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.
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- The Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Nationwide epidemiological survey of acute pancreatitis in Japan, 2021: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and revised clinical guidelines.Journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Trends and Financial Burden of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in the United States: A Comprehensive Analysis of United States Hospitalizations.Gastroenterology research · 2025Article
- Trends and Changes in Endoscopic Management and Clinical Outcomes of Colonic Diverticular Bleeding during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2024Article
- Trends in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients on Primary Prevention Aspirin: A Nationwide Emergency Department Sample Analysis, 2016-2020.The American journal of medicine · 2023Article
- Diverticulitis patient care during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany-a retrospective nationwide population-based cohort study.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe impact of the coronavirus on hospitalizations for gastrointestinal (GI) disease, particularly at a population level is understudied.
aimTo investigate trends in hospitalizations, inpatient endoscopy resource utilization, and outcomes during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.
methodsUsing the California State Inpatient Database for 2018-2020, we explored year-to-year and 2020 month-to-month trends in hospitalizations, length of stay, and inpatient mortality (all-cause & viral pneumonia-specific) for common inpatient GI diagnoses including acute pancreatitis, diverticulitis, cholelithiasis, non-infectious gastroenteritis, upper and lower GI bleeding (LGIB),
resultsDisease-specific hospitalizations decreased for all included conditions except nonvariceal upper GI bleeding (NVUGIB), LGIB, and ulcerative colitis (UC) (ptrend < 0.0001). All-cause inpatient mortality was higher in 2020
conclusionOur findings suggest that hospitalization rates for common GI conditions significantly declined in California during the COVID pandemic, particularly in April, November and December 2020. All-cause mortality was significantly higher among acute pancreatitis, diverticulitis, NVUGIB, and Crohn's disease hospitalizations. Emergency endoscopy rates were mostly comparable between 2020 and 2019.
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