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Gastroenterologist & IBD doc @CCAD. Advanced IBD fellowship @ClevelandClinic and @McGillMed Alum. @IBDjournals SoMe associate editor. Tweets my own.
Mar 26, 2020 13 tweets 11 min read
Thread: #COVID19 and #IBD Facts and Factoids from March 26 @CleClinicMD lBD LIVE @MRegueiroMD @DCharabaty @EdwardLoftus2 @ibddoctor @ryanungaro @IBDMD @silvio_silvio75 @AntoninoSpin 1/ Exponential increase in cases in US and in the 🌍 since our last IBD live.
Recent @CDCgov prelim US data as of 03/16: 45% of hospitalizations, 53% of ICU admissions and 80% deaths among patients >65yo 2/
Mar 12, 2020 10 tweets 8 min read
Today, our IBDLIVE program focused on #COVID19, with >25sites & >200 participants from across the 🇺🇸Great discussion on how it impacts our patients w/ #IBD. @MRegueiroMD @ConorDelaneyMD @IBD_FloMD @BenClickMD @tqaziMD @ScottRSteeleMD @drtracyhull @HolubarStefan @AmyLightnerMD
1/ Here is a #tweetorial with selected slides from the presentation
Although the main mode of transmission seems to be through droplets, #SARSCoV2 can be found in stool and in gastrointestinal glandular epithelial cells, raising the possibility of fecal-oral transmission 2/