[Challenges in visceral medicine during COVID-19].

Background: The worldwide dissemination of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a relevant problem for the German healthcare system and the whole of society within only a few weeks. Because visceral medicine is at the focal point many adjustments in procedures are necessary.

Material And Methods: Necessary organizational structures and challenges in visceral medicine are described for urgent abdominal surgery after screening and for patients infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).