Gastrointestinal Complications in Critically Ill Patients With and Without COVID-19

Mohamad El Moheb; Leon Naar; Mathias A Christensen; Carolijn Kapoen; Lydia R Maurer; Maha Farhat; Haytham M A Kaafarani

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.19400

Gastrointestinal Complications in Critically Ill Patients With and Without COVID-19

JAMA. 2020 Nov 10;324(18):1899-1901. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.19400.

Authors

Mohamad El Moheb¹, Leon Naar¹, Mathias A Christensen¹, Carolijn Kapoen¹, Lydia R Maurer¹, Maha Farhat², Haytham M A Kaafarani¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Abstract

This cohort study compares the incidence of gastrointestinal complications (transaminitis, ileus, Ogilvie syndrome, mesenteric ischemia) among critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)– vs non–COVID-19–induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) at a single US academic hospital between March and May 2020.

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19 / complications*
Critical Illness
Female
Gastrointestinal Diseases / epidemiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases / etiology*
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Male
Middle Aged
Propensity Score
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / complications*

Grants and funding

K01 ES026835/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States