Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the management of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease: An Italian multicentre study on behalf of the SIGENP IBD Group

IBD management has been significantly affected during the COVID-19 lockdown with potential clinical issues. The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the Italian paediatric IBD cohort. This was a multicentre, retrospective, cohort investigation including 21 different It...

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Published in:Digestive and liver disease 2021-03, Vol.53 (3), p.283-288
Main Authors: Arrigo, Serena, Alvisi, Patrizia, Banzato, Claudia, Bramuzzo, Matteo, Celano, Rosaria, Civitelli, Fortunata, D'Arcangelo, Giulia, Dilillo, Anna, Dipasquale, Valeria, Felici, Enrico, Fuoti, Maurizio, Gatti, Simona, Knafelz, Daniela, Lionetti, Paolo, Mario, Federica, Marseglia, Antonio, Martelossi, Stefano, Moretti, Chiara, Norsa, Lorenzo, Panceri, Roberto, Renzo, Sara, Romano, Claudio, Romeo, Erminia, Strisciuglio, Caterina, Martinelli, Massimo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Alimentary Tract
Biological Products - therapeutic use
Child
Colitis, Ulcerative - diagnosis
Colitis, Ulcerative - drug therapy
Colitis, Ulcerative - epidemiology
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Crohn Disease - diagnosis
Crohn Disease - drug therapy
Crohn Disease - epidemiology
Disease Management
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal - trends
Female
Gastrointestinal Agents - therapeutic use
Hospitalization - trends
Humans
immunosuppression
Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - diagnosis
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - drug therapy
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - epidemiology
Italy - epidemiology
lockdown
Male
Paediatrics
Recurrence
SARS-CoV-2
telemedicine
Telemedicine - trends
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Summary:IBD management has been significantly affected during the COVID-19 lockdown with potential clinical issues. The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the Italian paediatric IBD cohort. This was a multicentre, retrospective, cohort investigation including 21 different Italian IBD referral centres. An electronic data collection was performed among the participating centres including: clinical characteristics of IBD patients, number of COVID-19 cases and clinical outcomes, disease management during the lockdown and the previous 9 weeks. 2291 children affected by IBD were enrolled. We experienced a significant reduction of the hospital admissions [604/2291 (26.3%) vs 1281/2291 (55.9%); p 
ISSN:1590-8658
1878-3562
DOI:10.1016/j.dld.2020.12.011