key: cord-0827606-02dzmi43 authors: Bai, Xiaoyin; Yang, Hong; Qian, Jiaming title: COVID-19 Outbreak and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Management: A Questionnaire Survey From Realistic Practice date: 2020-03-28 journal: J Crohns Colitis DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa064 sha: ecd5837be5efe3816e773b240fe75b3c746178d9 doc_id: 827606 cord_uid: 02dzmi43 nan We hope our experience may provide an alternative to face-to-face consultation for reviewing patients with IBD in above-mentioned countries, as follows. fective and individualised method of information exchange. It takes a serious amount of time to conduct consultation via the app, but this approach can cover fundamental follow-up questions and soothe panic. 2. Internet-based services such as email and hotline communication may solve some non-urgent medical issues for patients. 3. For general concerns of IBD patients, such as diet advice and relaxation techniques, webinar is an effective and efficient source to provide information to patients and primary health practitioners. 4. Timely referral has to be reserved for certain cases. No specific funding was received for this work. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study The disease burden and clinical characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease in the Chinese population: a systematic review and meta-analysis World Health Organization declares global emergency: a review of the 2019 novel coronavirus Internet and WeChat used by patients with Crohn's disease in China: a multi-center questionnaire survey None to declare. XB: data collection and writing up of the first draft of the paper. HY: patient recruitment and data analysis. JQ: study design and reviewing the writing. Supplementary data are available at ECCO-JCC online.