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Aysha AA, Rentsch C, Prentice R, Johnson D, Bryant RV, Ward MG, Costello SP, Lewindon P, Ghaly S, Connor SJ, Begun J, Christensen B. Practical management of inflammatory bowel disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: expert commentary from the Gastroenterological Society of Australia Inflammatory Bowel Disease faculty. Intern Med J 2020; 50:798-804. [PMID: 32656985 PMCID: PMC7405147 DOI: 10.1111/imj.14889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The COVID‐19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2, has emerged as a public health emergency and challenged healthcare systems globally. In a minority of patients, SARS‐CoV‐2 manifests with a severe acute respiratory illness and currently there are insufficient data regarding the virulence of COVID‐19 in inflammatory bowel disease patients taking immunosuppressive therapy. This review aims to summarise the current literature and provide guidance on the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Australasian setting.
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Affiliation(s)
- Al-Ani Aysha
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Clarissa Rentsch
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Ralley Prentice
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Doug Johnson
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Unit, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Robert V Bryant
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - Mark G Ward
- Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Gastroenterology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Samuel P Costello
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - Peter Lewindon
- Department of Gastroenterology, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | - Simon Ghaly
- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| | - Susan J Connor
- Department of Gastroenterology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Department of Gastroenterology, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| | - Jakob Begun
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mater Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | - Britt Christensen
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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