Bowel perforation in a Covid-19 patient: case report

INTRODUCTION: Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), it became evident that a proportion of patients may present with gastrointestinal symptoms. CASE: We report the case of a Covid-19-infected patient who, during recovery from the pulmonary pneumonia, had gastrointestinal symptoms foll...

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Autores principales: De Nardi, Paola, Parolini, Danilo C., Ripa, Marco, Racca, Sara, Rosati, Riccardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7250585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32458395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00384-020-03627-6
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author De Nardi, Paola
Parolini, Danilo C.
Ripa, Marco
Racca, Sara
Rosati, Riccardo
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description INTRODUCTION: Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), it became evident that a proportion of patients may present with gastrointestinal symptoms. CASE: We report the case of a Covid-19-infected patient who, during recovery from the pulmonary pneumonia, had gastrointestinal symptoms followed by a diastasic right colon perforation due to acute over distension of the bowel. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the importance of paying attention to initial gastrointestinal symptoms in order to prevent possible complications.
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spelling pubmed-72505852020-05-27 Bowel perforation in a Covid-19 patient: case report De Nardi, Paola Parolini, Danilo C. Ripa, Marco Racca, Sara Rosati, Riccardo Int J Colorectal Dis Case Report INTRODUCTION: Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), it became evident that a proportion of patients may present with gastrointestinal symptoms. CASE: We report the case of a Covid-19-infected patient who, during recovery from the pulmonary pneumonia, had gastrointestinal symptoms followed by a diastasic right colon perforation due to acute over distension of the bowel. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the importance of paying attention to initial gastrointestinal symptoms in order to prevent possible complications. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020-05-27 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7250585/ /pubmed/32458395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00384-020-03627-6 Text en © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Bowel perforation in a Covid-19 patient: case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7250585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32458395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00384-020-03627-6
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