GI symptoms as early signs of COVID-19 in hospitalised Italian patients

Affiliations

¹ Gastroenterology Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy elisabetta.buscarini@asst-crema.it.
² Gastroenterology Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
³ Radiology Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁴ Emergency Medicine Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁵ Pneumology 1 Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁶ Intensive Care Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁷ Pneumology 2 Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁸ Emergency Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁹ Health Directorate, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
¹⁰ Clinical Investigation Laboratory, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Diagnostics and Technology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
¹² Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
¹³ Scientific Directorate, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
¹⁴ General Directorate, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
¹⁵ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco", University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Comment

Elisabetta Buscarini et al. Gut. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;69(8):1547-1548.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321434. Epub 2020 May 14.

¹ Gastroenterology Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy elisabetta.buscarini@asst-crema.it.
² Gastroenterology Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
³ Radiology Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁴ Emergency Medicine Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁵ Pneumology 1 Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁶ Intensive Care Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁷ Pneumology 2 Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁸ Emergency Department, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
⁹ Health Directorate, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
¹⁰ Clinical Investigation Laboratory, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Diagnostics and Technology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
¹² Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
¹³ Scientific Directorate, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
¹⁴ General Directorate, ASST Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy.
¹⁵ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco", University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: abdominal pain; clinical decision making; diarrhoea.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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