Patient with suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection with successful emergency surgery for ulcerative colitis-associated toxic megacolon

Patient with suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection with successful emergency surgery for ulcerative colitis-associated toxic megacolon

Abstract Background In patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis with concomitant severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, the treatment strategy should consider the presence of pneumonia, respiratory status, and the severity of the ulcerative colitis (UC). We repo...

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Main Authors: Hirokatsu Hayashi, Jesse Yu Tajima, Ryoma Yokoi, Yuta Sato, Shigeru Kiyama, Takao Takahashi, Naoki Okumura, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Takashi Ibuka, Keisuke Kumada, Masahito Shimizu, Nobuhisa Matsuhashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-02-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
COVID-19
Acute abdomen
Infection control
Inflammatory bowel disease
Pneumonia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-023-01608-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-023-01608-9

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