Perforated Appendicitis during a Pandemic: The Downstream Effect of COVID-19 in Children

CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated stay-at-home orders have had downstream effects on healthcare. Our review has demonstrated a significant increase in the number of children presenting with perforated appendicitis following these stay-at-home ordinances. These results demonstrate that further investigations into the issues surrounding access to healthcare, especially during this pandemic, are warranted.PMID:34392179 | DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.008

Source: Cell Research - August 15, 2021 Category: Cytology Authors: Joseph R Esparaz Mike K Chen Elizabeth A Beierle Scott A Anderson Colin A Martin Vincent E Mortellaro David A Rogers Michelle S Mathis Robert T Russell Source Type: research