COVID-19 in gastroenterology: Where are we now? Current evidence on the impact of COVID-19 in gastroenterology

Autores da FMUP

• Fernando José Magro Dias

  Autor

• Cândida Manuela Ferreira Abreu

  Autor

• Diogo Miguel Pereira Libânio Monteiro

  Autor

Participantes de fora da FMUP

• Nuzzo, A
• Rodriguez Lago, I
• Pawlak, K
• Hollenbach, M
• Brouwer, WP
• Siau, K

Unidades de investigação

• Biomedicina

• Laboratório Associado RISE- Rede de Investigação em Saúde

  

  Investigador

  Fernando Carlos De Landér Schmitt

• Medicina

• Medicina da Comunidade, Informação e Decisão em Saúde

• RISE-Health

  

  Investigador

  Fernando Carlos De Landér Schmitt

Abstract

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges in all fields of society with social, economic, and health-related consequences worldwide. In this context, gastroenterology patients and healthcare systems and professionals have seen their routines changed and were forced to adapt, adopting measures to minimize the risk of infection while guaranteeing continuous medical care to chronic patients. Objective At this point, it is important to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on this field to further improve the quality of the services provided in this context. Methods/Results/Conclusion We performed a literature review that summarizes the main aspects to consider in gastroenterology, during the pandemic crisis, and includes a deep discussion on the main changes affecting gastroenterology patients and healthcare systems, anticipating the pandemic recovery scenario with future practices and policies.

Keywords

• COVID-19; endoscopy; gastroenterology; inflammatory bowel disease; SARS-CoV-2; vaccination