Case series of variable acute appendicitis in children with sars-cov-2 infection

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dc.contributor.authorEngelis, Arnis
dc.contributor.authorSmane, Liene
dc.contributor.authorPavare, Jana
dc.contributor.authorZviedre, Astra
dc.contributor.authorZurmutai, Timurs
dc.contributor.authorBerezovska, Marisa M.
dc.contributor.authorBormotovs, Jurijs
dc.contributor.authorKakar, Mohit
dc.contributor.authorSaxena, Amulya K.
dc.contributor.authorPetersons, Aigars
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Paediatric Surgery
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Paediatrics
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Doctoral Studies
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-04T15:00:01Z
dc.date.available2022-01-04T15:00:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
dc.description.abstractThis case series study consists of six children, aged 5–16 years, admitted to a centralized tertiary paediatric hospital serving a population of 1.9 million with acute appendicitis in the setting of SARS-CoV-2 infection. From the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 until August 2021, 121 COVID-19-positive children were admitted to the hospital. A total of 49 (40.5%) of these patients presented with gastrointestinal symptoms, of which six were diagnosed with acute appendicitis. Five underwent an appendectomy, while one was treated conservatively. To date, it has been reported that appendicitis may have a plausible association with SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. With COVID-19 cases rising, every medical specialist, including all paediatric surgeons, must be ready to treat common acute diseases with SARS-CoV-2 infection as a comorbidity. Providers should consider testing for this infection in paediatric patients with severe gastrointestinal symptoms. Non-surgical treatment of acute appendicitis in children may gain new importance during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Further studies are needed to prove the link of causality between COVID-19 and acute appendicitis in children.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.format.extent227769
dc.identifier.citationEngelis, A, Smane, L, Pavare, J, Zviedre, A, Zurmutai, T, Berezovska, M M, Bormotovs, J, Kakar, M, Saxena, A K & Petersons, A 2021, 'Case series of variable acute appendicitis in children with sars-cov-2 infection', Children, vol. 8, no. 12, 1207. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121207
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/children8121207
dc.identifier.issn2227-9067
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/7171
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121659397&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofChildren
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectPaediatric abdominal pain
dc.subjectPaediatric appendicitis
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2
dc.subject3.2 Clinical medicine
dc.subject1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
dc.subjectPediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
dc.titleCase series of variable acute appendicitis in children with sars-cov-2 infectionen
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