They may work as well as pharmaceutical intervention with- sal healing and a downregulation of mucosal proinflammatory out the side effects. The major problems of enteral nutrition are cytokine mRNA in both the terminal ileum and colon [39]. In addition, complete mucosal healing was observed should involve the patient with CD. Expert commentary Hospitalization rates More research is needed to elucidate the evidence-based, Enteral nutrition was also recently reported to decrease hospital- dietary-related clinical practice guidelines for patients with IBD.
Program of The Broad Foundation. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial Five-year view involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or We suggest that there is sufficient information to date to incor- financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the porate nutritional screening for all IBD patients, act proactively manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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We considered four different urgent scenarios that could necessitate endoscopy: confirmation of a new diagnosis, especially in a moderate-to-severe scenario when biologics may be chosen as a first-line treatment, given that high-dose corticosteroids might increase the risk of an adverse outcome for COVID; a severe acute flare-up in patients with ulcerative colitis; partial bowel obstruction in patients with IBD, which could be secondary to neoplasia or ileocolonic anastomotic stricture; and cholangitis and jaundice in patients with known primary sclerosing cholangitis PSC with dominant bile duct stricture.
We also propose an endoscopy plan for gradual return to normal service post-pandemic. In certain urgent situations, such as perianal abscess or fistula, emergency examination under anaesthesia and drainage or seton placement is necessary and the colorectal surgeon will generally perform an on-table flexible sigmoidoscopy to assess the rectum. We have not discussed these situations for an IBD endoscopist. In all other situations, use of non-invasive biomarkers, cross-sectional imaging such as ultrasonography, or video capsule enteroscopy to support wise clinical examination might be able to postpone or replace endoscopic investigations in patients with IBD during the pandemic.
The threshold for doing endoscopy in patients presenting with abdominal pain and altered bowel habit has changed during the pandemic; adherence to first principles is even more important. First, before thinking about a new diagnosis of IBD, we must carefully consider the differential diagnosis and keep in mind the potential gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID fever and respiratory symptoms are the most common presenting features, but these are not the only ones.
Of note, the first case of SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed in the USA reported a 2-day history of nausea and vomiting on admission to hospital and then passed two loose bowel movements. Loose stools for more than 4 weeks usually allows discrimination of IBD-associated colitis from most cases of infectious diarrhoea.
In this stressful period, we must not underestimate negative emotions, which can cause symptoms that mimic IBD: in patients with abdominal pain and altered bowel habits we must also assess emotional state by phone and rule out irritable bowel syndrome IBS clinically and by biomarkers.
For differential diagnosis of IBS and to discriminate it from patients with IBD, assessment of clinical and biochemical features is fundamental. Home testing kits are preferable to laboratory testing as laboratory services may be overwhelmed. Following these initial investigations, endoscopy is warranted, in the form of either flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy with biopsies, for patients who continue to have symptoms and for whom there remains a high suspicion of moderate-to-severe IBD.
This procedure should be done to establish a diagnosis and to determine severity before embarking on therapy, which might include early introduction of biologics. In addition, in patients with a clinical suspicion of Crohn's disease and who have a normal endoscopy, visualisation of the small intestine is necessary.
We suggest postponing endoscopic diagnosis for patients who show mild inflammation on blood tests and faecal calprotectin until the COVID situation improves. These suggestions are summarised in the figure 1. A severe acute flare-up in patients with ulcerative colitis during this pandemic period poses a substantial challenge.
The patient could present with symptoms of severe ulcerative colitis eg, bloody diarrhoea, abdominal pain, fever, and increased inflammatory biomarkers 19 , 20 that could be similar to those of COVID Therefore, the first step is to rule out the symptoms being secondary to or associated with COVID Blood tests could be non-specific because an increase in inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein and ferritin may occur in either disease, though occasionally ferritin levels can be low in ulcerative colitis.
Patients with COVID could have leucopenia particularly lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia, 21 while patients with a flare-up of ulcerative colitis usually have normal or higher than normal leucocytes and lymphocytes and increased platelet count. If patients also present with respiratory symptoms eg, cough, dyspnoea , or myalgia or fatigue, 3 or they had contact with SARS-CoVpositive patients, or have travelled from areas deemed to be of high risk for COVID in the previous 14 days, a chest CT scan, SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection in the respiratory tract with a nasopharyngeal swab, 22 or both, should be done to screen for infection.
In all cases, standard stool tests should be done for intestinal bacteria Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, Yersinia, enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli and for C difficile toxin, and a blood test for cytomegalovirus DNA should also be done to allow differential diagnosis with other causes of diarrhoea. Once the diagnosis of an acute severe flare-up of ulcerative colitis is considered likely and if the patient has not had a colonoscopy in the past 3 months, a flexible sigmoidoscopy at a minimum should be done to confirm the clinical suspicion, to define the extent left sided or more extensive , and to take biopsies to rule out the presence of other infections eg, cytomegalovirus.
If a patient has had a recent colonoscopy within the past 3 months that showed moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis Mayo endoscopic score 2—3 , omission of flexible sigmoidoscopy might be left to the discretion of the gastroenterologist, given the risks presented by endoscopy during the pandemic, and to simply use the baseline panel of investigations described above to rule out infectious causes.
One should note that elevated cytomegalovirus DNA titres, following discussion with colleagues in infectious disease, should always mandate flexible sigmoidoscopy.
Patients with a Mayo endoscopy score of 3 and systemic symptoms should be admitted, tested for COVID if this has not already been done; intravenous treatment should be started as soon as possible. These suggestions are summarised in figure 2. IBD is associated with development of multiple complications including sub-acute obstruction.
Patients with ulcerative colitis and with colonic Crohn's disease have an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer, 19 and so detection of a new colonic stricture is important and should be considered a priority to exclude malignancy. A patient with ulcerative colitis presenting with partial obstructive symptoms is of particular concern since this is highly suggestive of a new colorectal cancer.
These patients should be a high priority for colonoscopy with minimal preparation for diagnosis by colonoscopy and biopsies. The operator may consider temporary stenting or balloon dilatation if surgery has to be postponed.
However, cross-sectional imaging is more worthwhile in patients with Crohn's disease with partial obstructive symptoms, and endoscopy should be avoided if possible. Nevertheless, in patients known to have post-operative ileocolonic stricture requiring periodic endoscopic balloon dilatation, colonoscopy might be urgently necessary if these patients present with increasing sub-acute obstructive episodes.
Patients under programmed sessions of endoscopic dilatations for strictures should not have these sessions deferred, since these patients might otherwise end up being hospitalised. In patients with strictures at the site of ileocolonic anastomosis, which is characterised by a high rate of recurrence, the role of medical therapy is limited.
Surgery has been the main treatment for those with symptomatic ileocolonic anastomosis strictures. These suggestions are outlined in figure 3. Before starting the diagnostic pathway, risk assessment for COVID should be done 1—2 days before endoscopy preferably by phone and also on the day of endoscopy for all partially obstructed patients. This approach is necessary to relieve the biliary obstruction and obtain brushings for cytology and endobiliary biopsies to rule out cholangiocarcinoma, which can affect further management decisions.
We suggest ruling out COVID before treatment; nonetheless, in the case of jaundice, the diagnosis of worsening cholangitis is more certain than in the previous scenarios.
Planning for such a scenario should involve radiology and endoscopy personnel, as well as intensive care, if necessary. A flowchart for these patients is shown in figure 4. In light of these observations, colonoscopy should be considered as requiring protection for health-care staff, particularly the operator.
Alongside the general precautions for safety of patients, doctors, and nurses, additional measures should be taken to avoid transmission of SARS-CoV-2, in particular, hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment PPE , and cleaning of the surfaces in the environment. ESGE has also updated their guidelines for reprocessing endoscopes and endoscopic accessories using a standardised method, minimising the contact of instruments with the environment and staff.
No cases of transmission of hepatitis B or C viruses, and of HIV, have been linked to endoscopy when appropriate cleaning has been performed. Safety should be optimised by stringent cleaning of the environment in which endoscopy is to be performed. SARS-CoV-2 is eliminated by common detergents, 32 , 40 and ultraviolet irradiation and ozone treatment should be used in endoscopy units to clean and sterilise the air, endoscopic equipment, office tables, and walls.
Moreover, a chlorine-containing detergent is recommended for everyday floor cleaning. However, this is not always feasible in many hospitals. Repici and colleagues 42 suggest that the air in the endoscopy room should be cleaned by opening the windows and waiting at least 1 h before admitting the next patient.
Endoscopy lists will have to be very slow. Attention should also be given to the questioning of patients before the endoscopy, in particular about contact with infected or symptomatic people, whether there is someone in their family with fever, cough, or diarrhoea, or if the patient has travelled in the past 14 days to high-risk areas.
We suggest wearing FFP2 or FFP3 and PPE throughout the whole endoscopy, including during interrogation of the patient and writing of the report post-endoscopy appendix. Repici and colleagues 42 have published suggestions regarding how to perform safe routine endoscopy, stratifying patients into high, intermediate, and low risk of transmitting infection. This classification was initially created for patients with any condition that required endoscopy and at the beginning of the outbreak, when routine endoscopy was allowed; however routine endoscopy has now been discontinued in many hospitals.
Therefore, all patients, including those with IBD, should be considered as high-risk patients before undergoing urgent endoscopy. We recommend a careful evaluation of patients before their entry to the endoscopic unit.
Negative swab tests for patients with a high index of suspicion for COVID may need to be re-tested before admittance, depending on local guidance.
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