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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2307-0420</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía paraguaya]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. parag.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2307-0420</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Cirugía]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2307-04202023000300035</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/sopaci.2023.diciembre.35</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caso clínico: hemorragia digestiva alta grave y covid-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical case: severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding and covid-19]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Seballos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Valentina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Regional Salto  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>47</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>35</fpage>
<lpage>36</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2307-04202023000300035&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2307-04202023000300035&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2307-04202023000300035&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La hemorragia digestiva alta en pacientes con COVID-19 es inusual y puede llegar a ser mortal. Se describe en hasta un 13 % de los pacientes hospitalizados con coronavirus. El tratamiento endoscópico es un desafío para el paciente debido al riesgo de insuficiencia respiratoria, como para el personal de salud debido al riesgo de transmisión aérea. Presentamos un caso clínico atípico de hemorragia digestiva alta grave por COVID-19.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with COVID-19 is unusual and can be fatal. It is described in up to 13% of hospitalized patients with coronavirus. Endoscopic treatment is a challenge for the patient due to the risk of respiratory failure, as well as for health personnel due to the risk of airborne transmission. We present an atypical clinical case of severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to COVID-19.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Coronavirus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hemorragia gastrointestinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Coronavirus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gastrointestinal bleeding.]]></kwd>
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