Carolina Percul, Marion Cruz, Alejandra Curiel Meza, Germán González, Luciana Lerendegui, María C Malzone, Daniel Liberto, Pablo Lobos, Benjamín E Imach, Juan M Moldes, Julián Llera
INTRODUCTION: 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. METHODS: Analytical, retrospective, comparative study of pediatric patients with acute appendicitis in the 5 months of COVID-19 lockdown versus the same period in the previous year...
August 2021: Archivos Argentinos de Pediatría