PTH-29 Intentional Foreign Body Ingestion during the COVID-19 crisis: A cry for help?

Autor:	Fergus Thursby-Pelham, Nina-Joyce Shehata, Luke Hanna, Tracie Jarvis, Sharmila Subramaniam
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Emergency medicine Pandemic medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom business Foreign Body Ingestion Mental health
Zdroj:	Posters.
DOI:	10.1136/gutjnl-2021-bsg.344
Popis:	PTH-29 Table 1IFBI endoscopies against COVID timelineEndoscopies for IFBI Total year 2019 Jan-Dec 2020 Total year 2020 01/01/20-23/03/20 (pre-lockdown) 23/03/20-10/05/20 (1st lockdown) 10/05/20-31/10/20 (variable easing of restrictions) 31/10/20-31/12/20 (2nd national lockdown + tiered restrictions) Total number 5 5 1 28 7 41 Procedures per week 0.10 0.43 0.15 1.13 0.80 0.79 ConclusionsThere has been a large increase in IFBI requiring emergency endoscopy in 2020. Mental health stresses during the pandemic seem to have had a role in susceptible individuals reaching crises point in this behaviour. Sustained effects of increased anxiety, in combination with patchy access to mental health services, may have led to this manifestation of self-harm. This represents yet another unforeseen consequence of the COVID pandemic that has affected the utilisation of endoscopy services locally.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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