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The impact of COVID-19 on liver transplantation: challenges and perspectives
Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2023 May 10;16:17562848231171452. doi: 10.1177/17562848231171452. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented unique challenges to patients with decompensated cirrhosis awaiting transplant, with respect to accessing medical facilities for routine clinic visits, imaging, laboratory workup, or endoscopies. There was a delay in organ procurement that led to a decrease in the number of liver transplants (LTs) and an increase in the morality of waitlisted patients at the beginning of the pandemic. LT numbers later equalized to pre-pandemic numbers due to combined...
Source: Adv Data - May 14, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Ifrah Fatima Nikki Duong Source Type: research

Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Post-Vaccination Period on Gastroenterology Practice in Turkey
CONCLUSION: Prolongation of the pandemic has seriously damaged the practice of gastroenterology and multidisciplinary patient management.PMID:36445050 | DOI:10.5152/tjg.2022.22093
Source: The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology - November 29, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Zeynep G ök Sargın İbrahimhalil Düşünceli Ümüt Çelik Source Type: research

The role of COVID-19 symptom and exposure screening and SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification testing in risk stratification before endoscopy
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic upended the world order and disrupted social, medical, and economic life across the globe. It paused a series of time-sensitive challenges for the international medical community, whose members leveraged existing and emerging technology to tackle them head on. Despite the immense suffering and loss of life, this period also witnessed astonishing medical breakthroughs, including the fastest time to vaccine creation in the history of medicine. Intravenous and eventually oral treatments were also discovered and commercialized in the United States.
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - July 15, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Marwan S. Abougergi Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

What causes Long Covid? Here are the three leading theories
Table of contents A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 376, Issue 6599. Download PDF .circle-wrap{ width: 40%; float: right!important; border-radius: 50%; shape-outside:ellipse(); } .illo { padding: 1rem; position: absolute; min-width: auto; height: auto; object-fit: unset !important; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); } .illo_cause { width: 18% !important; max-width: 280px; min-width: 150px; } .illo_symptom { width: 13% !important; max-width: 220px; min-width: 120px; } #tooSmallToSee { left: 23%; top: 65%; } #haywireImmune { left: 61%; top: ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - June 16, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research