Acute abdomen and appendicitis in 1010 pediatric patients with COVID-19 or MIS-C: a multinational experience from Latin America [documento electrónico] / Andrea Parra Buitrago, ; Lina María Betancur Londoño,  . - 2021.
Obra : Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Idioma : Inglés (eng)

Palabras clave :	COVID-19  SARS-CoV-2  appendicitis  children
Resumen :	Background: To date, there are only sporadic reports of acute abdomen and appendicitis in children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Methods: Children 17 years of age or younger assessed in 5 Latin American countries with a diagnosis of microbiologically confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and children fulfilling MIS-C definition were included. For children with acute abdomen, we investigate main radiologic patterns, surgical treatment and intraoperative findings, outcomes. Findings: One-thousand ten children were enrolled. Forty-two children (4.2%) had a clinical diagnosis of acute abdomen. Four (9.5%) were diagnosed with MIS-C and did not undergo surgery. The remaining 38 children (3.8%) underwent abdominal surgery due to suspected appendicitis, 34 of them (89.7%) had an intraoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA), while 4 of them had nonsurgical findings. Eight children died (0.8%), none of them being diagnosed with appendicitis. Children with AA were significantly older than those without (P
Mención de responsabilidad :	Yock-Corrales, Adriana MD; Lenzi, Jacopo PhD; Ulloa-Gutiérrez, Rolando MD; Gómez-Vargas, Jessica MD; Antúnez-Montes, Omar Yassef MD; Rios Aida, Jorge Alberto MD; del Aguila, Olguita MD; Arteaga-Menchaca, Erick MD; Campos, Francisco MD; Uribe, Fadia MD; Hernández Díaz, Roger; Buitrago, Andrea Parra MD; Londoño, Lina Maria Betancur MD; Kozicki, Verónica MD; Brizuela, Martin MD; Buonsenso, Danilo MD
Referencia :	Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Oct 1;40(10):e364-e369.
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) :	10.1097/INF.0000000000003240
PMID :	34260501
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