Year 2021 / Volume 113 / Number 2
Letter
Patients with upper gastrointestinal foreign bodies are more likely to consult later and with a higher rate of hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.7593/2020

Meihong Yu, Deliang Liu, Yuyong Tan,

Abstract
The COVID-19 has great impact on the health behavior of all people around the world, however its influence on patients with upper gastrointestinal foreign bodies remains unknown. In the present study, we found for the first time that during COVID-19 pandemic, patients with upper gastrointestinal foreign bodies were more likely to consult later and with a higher rate of hospitalization.
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Publication history

Received: 18/10/2020

Accepted: 31/10/2020

Online First: 29/12/2020

Published: 08/02/2021

Article revision time: 12 days

Article Online First time: 72 days

Article editing time: 113 days


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