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  • Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases [IBD] are frequently treated with immunosuppressant medications. During the coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] pandemic, recommendations for IBD management have included that patients should stay on their immunosuppressant medications if they are not infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2], but to temporarily hold these medications if symptomatic with COVID-19 or asymptomatic but have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. As more IBD patients are infected globally, it is important to also understand how to manage IBD medications during convalescence while an individual with IBD is recovering from COVID-19. In this review, we address the differences between a test-based versus a symptoms-based strategy as related to COVID-19, and offer recommendations on when it is appropriate to consider restarting IBD therapy in patients testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 or with clinical symptoms consistent with COVID-19. In general, we recommend a symptoms-based approach, due to the current lack of confidence in the accuracy of available testing and the clinical significance of prolonged detection of virus via molecular testing.
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?:doi
  • 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa135
?:doi
?:journal
  • J_Crohns_Colitis
?:license
  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/e99828efb5b6a81b05c30af34ca22c0716363286.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7665410.xml.json
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?:pmid
?:pmid
  • 33085972.0
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?:source
  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • Guidance for Restarting Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy in Patients Who Withheld Immunosuppressant Medications During COVID-19
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?:year
  • 2020-10-21

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