MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN CROATIA: A SINGLE-CENTER STUDY.

IF 0.7 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Acta clinica Croatica Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.20471/acc.2023.62.04.19

Goran Glavčić, Zvonimir Misir, Suzana Janković, Zdenko Bilić, Petra Radulović, Nina Blažević, Marin Glavčić

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Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of patients presenting to the emergency room with acute appendicitis and subsequent results of surgical treatment. Our single center retrospective study was conducted in Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia. We analyzed data on the patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis, their duration of symptoms, length of hospital stay, histopathologic diagnosis, and operative techniques, recorded from September 1, 2019 to October 17, 2020. The results showed a statistically significant increase in the ratio of open laparotomies (p=0.006) and ratio of perforated appendicitis (p=0.047) during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the pre-pandemic period. The time between symptom onset and hospitalization, measured in days, did not demonstrate a statistically significant increase (p=0.379), and minor increase in the postoperative length of stay was not statistically significant either (p=0.879).

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该研究的目的是评估COVID-19大流行对急诊急性阑尾炎患者数量和随后手术治疗结果的影响。我们的单中心回顾性研究在克罗地亚萨格勒布的Sestre milosrdnice大学医院中心进行。我们分析了2019年9月1日至2020年10月17日诊断为急性阑尾炎的患者的数据、症状持续时间、住院时间、组织病理学诊断和手术技术。结果显示，新冠肺炎大流行期间剖腹手术率（p=0.006）和阑尾炎穿孔率（p=0.047）较大流行前有统计学意义的增加。从症状出现到住院的时间（以天为单位）无统计学意义的增加（p=0.379），术后住院时间的轻微增加也无统计学意义（p=0.879）。

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Acta clinica Croatica 医学-医学：内科

CiteScore

1.10

自引率

16.70%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Acta Clinica Croatica is a peer reviewed general medical journal that publishes original articles that advance and improve medical science and practice and that serve the purpose of transfer of original and valuable information to journal readers. Acta Clinica Croatica is published in English four times a year.