Clinics (Apr 2020)

Management of inflammatory bowel disease patients in the COVID-19 pandemic era: a Brazilian tertiary referral center guidance

  • Natália Sousa Freitas Queiroz,
  • Luísa Leite Barros,
  • Matheus Freitas Cardoso de Azevedo,
  • Jane Oba,
  • Carlos Walter Sobrado,
  • Alexandre de Sousa Carlos,
  • Luciane Reis Milani,
  • Aytan Miranda Sipahi,
  • Aderson Omar Mourão Cintra Damião

DOI
https://doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2020/e1909
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 75

Abstract

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The world is fighting the COVID-19 outbreak and health workers, including inflammatory bowel diseases specialists, have been challenged to address the specific clinical issues of their patients. We hereby summarize the current literature in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients during the COVID-19 pandemic era that support the rearrangement of our IBD unit and the clinical advice provided to our patients.

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