Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the pediatric population with acute appendicitis: Experience at a general, tertiary care hospital | Zendy

Carolina Percul | Zendy; Marion Costa Cruz | Zendy; Alejandra Meza-Contreras | Zendy; Germán González | Zendy; Luciana Lerendegui | Zendy; María Malzone | Zendy; Daniel Liberto | Zendy; Pablo Lobos | Zendy; Benjamín Imach | Zendy; Juan Moldes | Zendy; Julián Llera | Zendy

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Impact 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 Meza-Contreras,

Germán González,

Luciana Lerendegui,

María Malzone,

Daniel Liberto,

Pablo Lobos,

Benjamín Imach,

Juan Moldes,

Julián Llera

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

archivos argentinos de pediatria

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 , retrospective cohort study , population , covid-19 , acute abdomen , general surgery , surgical emergency , pediatrics , emergency medicine , surgery , disease , physics , optics , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty)

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.

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