Research Article

Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 and Impact on Disease Course in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 2

Outcome of COVID-19 in IBD patients, disease course of IBD, and vaccination after COVID-19 infection.

COVID-19 outcomesNumber of patients (%)a

Asymptomatic18 (22.0)
Mild COVID-19 symptoms58 (70.7)
Hospitalization due to COVID-19/severe COVID-196 (7.3)
Duration of hospitalization (day), median (IQR)10.5 (3.75–29.0)
Recovery day after admission, median (IQR)12.5 (7.0–25.5)
COVID-19 pneumonia5 (6.1)
Required mechanical ventilators2 (2.4)
Required intensive care admission2 (2.4)
Dead2 (2.4)
C-reactive protein after COVID-19 (mg/l), median (IQR)4 (2.0–12.8)
Fecal calprotectin after COVID-19 (mcg/g), median (IQR)197 (57.5–653.5)
Flare of IBD disease after COVID-19 infection8 (9.8)
 Duration after COVID-19 (weeks), median (IQR)9.5 (7.2–12.0)
 C-reactive protein during flare (mg/L), median (IQR)8.0 (3.0–42.0)
 Fecal calprotectin during flare (mcg/g), median (IQR)1,088.5 (562–2,025)
Treatment care outcomes
 Loss to follow-up15 (18.3)
 Disruption of biologics30 (36.6)
 Duration of holding biologics (week), median (IQR)3.0 (2.0–5.0)
 Number of patients delayed in endoscopy7 (8.5)
COVID-19 vaccination50 (61.0)
 1-dose vaccine39 (47.6)
 2-dose vaccine11 (13.4)

aData are presented as number (%) unless indicated otherwise. CD: Crohn’s disease, UC: ulcerative colitis, NA: not available, IQR: interquartile range.