Research Article
Gastroenterologists Reveal More Digestive Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients than Nongastroenterologists in Fever Clinic
Table 2
To compare the incidence of digestive symptoms inquired between gastroenterologists and nongastroenterologists.
| Items | Total () | Reception by gastroenterologist () | Reception by nongastroenterologist () | |
| Total digestive symptoms | 76 | 58 (22.83%) | 18 (7.47%) | <0.0001 | Diarrhea | 29 | 25 (9.84%) | 4 (1.66%) | 0.0001 | Abdominal pain | 10 | 7 (2.76%) | 3 (1.24%) | 0.23 | Distention | 15 | 12 (4.72%) | 3 (1.24%) | 0.02 | Heartburn | 1 | 1 (0.39%) | 0 (0%) | 0.32 | Vomit | 35 | 22 (8.66%) | 13 (5.39%) | 0.16 | Anorexia | 7 | 6 (0.23%) | 1 (0.41%) | 0.06 | Hematochezia | 1 | 1 (0.39%) | 0 (0%) | 0.32 |
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Note: values were compared between the two groups. A significance level of was used. |