British Society of Gastroenterology guidance for management of inflammatory bowel disease during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nicholas A. Kennedy, Gareth-Rhys Jones, Christopher A. Lamb, Richard Appleby, Ian Arnott, R. Mark Beattie, Stuart Bloom, Alenka J. Brooks, Rachel Cooney, Robin J. Dart, Cathryn Edwards, Aileen Fraser, Daniel R. Gaya, Subrata Ghosh, Kay Greveson, Richard Hansen, Ailsa Hart, A. Barney Hawthorne, Bu'Hussain Hayee, Jimmy K. LimdiCharles D. Murray, Gareth C. Parkes, Miles Parkes, Kamal Patel, Richard C. Pollok, Nick Powell, Chris S. Probert, Tim Raine, Shaji Sebastian, Christian Selinger, Philip J. Smith, Catherine Stansfield, Lisa Younge, James O. Lindsay, Peter M. Irving, Charlie W. Lees

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    Abstract

    The COVID-19 pandemic is putting unprecedented pressures on healthcare systems globally. Early insights have been made possible by rapid sharing of data from China and Italy. In the UK, we have rapidly mobilised inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) centres in order that preparations can be made to protect our patients and the clinical services they rely on. This is a novel coronavirus; much is unknown as to how it will affect people with IBD. We also lack information about the impact of different immunosuppressive medications. To address this uncertainty, the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) COVID-19 IBD Working Group has used the best available data and expert opinion to generate a risk grid that groups patients into highest, moderate and lowest risk categories. This grid allows patients to be instructed to follow the UK government's advice for shielding, stringent and standard advice regarding social distancing, respectively. Further considerations are given to service provision, medical and surgical therapy, endoscopy, imaging and clinical trials.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)984-990
    Number of pages7
    JournalGut
    Volume69
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2020

    Keywords

    • crohn's colitis
    • crohn's disease
    • ulcerative colitis

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Gastroenterology

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