A review of the studies about appendicitis of the Turkish Pediatric Surgical Centers and a preliminary study to form a publishing index for pediatric appendicitis.

Sander, Serdar

doi:10.5222/jtaps.2016.061

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“…Many laboratory analyses have been studied for the diagnosis of appendicitis, but no specific marker has been defined. [ 8 , 9 , 21 – 23 ] However, in the presence of examination findings for appendicitis, a WBC count of 12,000/mm 3 and a CRP level of >3 mg/L have been defined as supportive for the diagnosis of appendicitis. For this reason, in our study, we used WBC and CRP values as biochemical markers.…”

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Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on pediatric appendicitis hospital admission time and length of hospital stay

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2021

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg

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BACKGROUND: Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies among children. In this retrospective clinical study, we attempted to determine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic period on hospital admission time and length of hospital stay (LOS) in pediatric appendicitis cases. METHODS:We retrospectively compared pediatric appendectomies from the date of the first reported COVID-19 case to June 1, 2020, which is considered as the start of the normalization process, with pre-pandemic pediatric appendectomies of the same number of days in terms of age, gender, hospital admission time, LOS, parental educational level, laboratory values, and histopathological findings. RESULTS:There was an average increase of 2 days in the time from the onset of symptoms to hospital admission in pediatric appendicitis patients in the COVID-19 period (p=0.001). Furthermore, C-reactive protein value was statistically significantly higher in the COVID-19 period (p=0.018). Given the LOS, it was calculated as an average of 5 days in the pre-pandemic period and 4 days in the COVID-19 period, and this difference was statistically insignificant (p=0.273). There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of histopathological findings (p=0.176). The parental educational level had no effect on the admission time. CONCLUSION:The hospital admission time of pediatric appendicitis patients is significantly prolonged in the COVID-19 pandemic, but this prolongation had no histopathological effect. During the pandemic, the recovery of patients who required urgent treatment during the "stay-at-home" period was also negatively affected. Notwithstanding, we are of the opinion that the absence of an increase in the LOS may be due to the willingness of both families and physicians to keep the LOS as short as possible. Despite the increase in hospital admission time in pediatric appendicitis during the Covid 19 pandemic process, the lack of increase in the rate of complicated appendicitis may be an indicator of the importance of other factors in the development of complicated appendicitis.

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Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on pediatric appendicitis hospital admission time and length of hospital stay

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2021

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A review of the studies about appendicitis of the Turkish Pediatric Surgical Centers and a preliminary study to form a publishing index for pediatric appendicitis.

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References 52 publications

Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on pediatric appendicitis hospital admission time and length of hospital stay

Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on pediatric appendicitis hospital admission time and length of hospital stay

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