Back to Search
Start Over
Delayed diagnosis of paediatric appendicitis during the COVID‐19 pandemic
- Source :
- Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), Acta Paediatrica
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2020.
-
Abstract
- Aim To present seven paediatric patients with appendicitis, all with late diagnosis resulting from different aspects of the fear from the current global COVID‐19 pandemic. Methods Cases were collected from three paediatric surgical wards. Comparison between complicated appendicitis rates in the COVID‐19 era and similar period in previous year was performed. Results All seven children presented with complicated appendicitis. Main reasons for the delayed diagnosis during the COVID‐19 era were parental concern, telemedicine use and insufficient evaluation. Higher complication rates were found during the COVID‐19 era compared to similar period in previous year (22% vs 11%, P‐value .06). Conclusion The fear from COVID‐19 pandemic may result in delayed diagnosis and higher complication rates in common paediatric medical conditions. We believe caregivers and healthcare providers should not withhold necessary medical care since delay in diagnosis and treatment in these routinely seen medical emergencies may become as big of a threat as COVID‐19 itself.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Telemedicine
appendicitis
paediatric
Delayed Diagnosis
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Adolescent
Pneumonia, Viral
coronavirus
Delayed diagnosis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
children
COVID‐19
030225 pediatrics
Pandemic
Medicine
Humans
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
030212 general & internal medicine
Israel
Child
Pandemics
business.industry
COVID-19
Regular Article
General Medicine
Fear
medicine.disease
Appendicitis
Late diagnosis
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Emergency medicine
Female
business
Complication
Coronavirus Infections
Healthcare providers
Regular Articles
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16512227 and 08035253
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c50421e840cc02b9b8d04b00e1f3185e