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10.3390/children8121207
Title: | Case series of variable acute appendicitis in children with sars-cov-2 infection |
Authors: | Engelis, Arnis Smane, Liene Pavare, Jana Zviedre, Astra Zurmutai, Timurs Berezovska, Marisa M. Bormotovs, Jurijs Kakar, Mohit Saxena, Amulya K. Petersons, Aigars Department of Paediatric Surgery Department of Paediatrics Department of Doctoral Studies |
Keywords: | COVID-19;Paediatric abdominal pain;Paediatric appendicitis;SARS-CoV-2;3.2 Clinical medicine;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health |
Issue Date: | Dec-2021 |
Citation: | Engelis , 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 |
Abstract: | This 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. |
Description: | Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
DOI: | 10.3390/children8121207 |
ISSN: | 2227-9067 |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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