A Challenging Colectomy for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis Complicated by COVID-19

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2020 Sep 18;26(10):e120-e122. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaa186.
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Keywords: COVID-19; IBD; SARS-CoV-2; colectomy; surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment
  • Colectomy / methods*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative* / diagnosis
  • Colitis, Ulcerative* / epidemiology
  • Colitis, Ulcerative* / physiopathology
  • Colitis, Ulcerative* / surgery
  • Comorbidity
  • Coronavirus Infections* / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections* / drug therapy
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / physiopathology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / therapy
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Ileostomy / methods
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / etiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / physiopathology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / therapy
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Sigmoidoscopy / methods*
  • Symptom Flare Up
  • Time-to-Treatment
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids