Abstract:
We wish to update the pediatric gastroenterology community on a critical issue for children with intestinal failure (IF) that threatens to increase emergency department visits and hospitalizations during the pandemic related to SARS-CoV-2. Intestinal rehabilitation (IR) programs seeking to protect their vulnerable patients from COVID-19 are taking unprecedented steps to minimize healthcare exposure, efforts undermined by the recent price increase and shortage of sterile ethanol.
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