Acute Gastrointestinal Illness

For patients with COVID-19, at 3- and 6-months, malnutrition was the most persistent gastrointestinal sequalae, according to a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Patients who are Black, Latino, low socioeconomic status, older or use public insurance were less likely to engage in videoconferencing visits compared with in-person or telephone visits, according to a presenter at Digestive Disease Week.

Video capsule endoscopy is a safe alternative to standard diagnostic evaluation of hematemesis and non-hematemesis during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a presenter at the American College of Gastroenterology virtual annual meeting.