Acute gastrointestinal injury in critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China.

CONCLUSION: The incidence of AGI was 86.7%, and hospital mortality was 48.2% in critically ill patients with COVID-19. SOFA scores, WBC counts, and duration of MV were risk factors for the development of AGI grade II and above. Patients with worse AGI grades had a higher incidence of septic shock and 28-d mortality.
PMID: 33132657 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - October 21, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Sun JK, Liu Y, Zou L, Zhang WH, Li JJ, Wang Y, Kan XH, Chen JD, Shi QK, Yuan ST Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research