Open AccessImpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the pediatric population with acute appendicitis: Experience at a general, tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
Carolina Percul,
Marion Costa Cruz,
Alejandra Curiel Meza,
Germán González,
Luciana Lerendegui,
María C Malzone,
Daniel Liberto,
Pablo Lobos,
Benjamín E Imach,
Juan Moldes,
Julián Llera
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2021.eng.224
Subject(s) - medicine , appendicitis , incidence (geometry) , pandemic , covid-19 , retrospective cohort study , population , acute abdomen , surgical emergency , general surgery , stage (stratigraphy) , pediatrics , emergency medicine , surgery , disease , physics , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , optics , paleontology , biology
Appendicitis is the leading cause of surgical acute abdomen in pediatrics. During the COVID-19 pandemic, management strategies were reassessed and the number of visits to the emergency department dropped down, which may be associated with delayed diagnoses and complications. The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of the pandemic on children with acute appendicitis.