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Díaz, D., (2023). Efecto de la pandemia Covid - 19 en las características y gravedad de apendicitis aguda, Hospital III José Cayetano Heredia, 2019-2020, Piura [Tesis, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/10241
Díaz, D., Efecto de la pandemia Covid - 19 en las características y gravedad de apendicitis aguda, Hospital III José Cayetano Heredia, 2019-2020, Piura [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO; 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/10241
@misc{renati/380919,
title = "Efecto de la pandemia Covid - 19 en las características y gravedad de apendicitis aguda, Hospital III José Cayetano Heredia, 2019-2020, Piura",
author = "Díaz Palma, Dennis Christopher",
publisher = "Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO",
year = "2023"
}
To compare the characteristics and severity of patients with acute appendicitis, during mandatory social isolation due to COVID-19; Against a cohort from the previous year. Methods: The present investigation is analytical observational. The number of patients included with acute appendicitis was 136, which were separated into two pre-pandemic and pandemic periods. Results: The waiting time was shorter during the pandemic period [9.5 hours vs 5.8 hours, p=0.003], the type of laparoscopic intervention was less frequent during the pandemic period (52.11% vs 10.77%, p<0.001), the waiting time intervention and hospital stay were also less frequent (60 minutes vs 45 minutes, p=0.007 and 4 days vs 3 days, p=0.01 respectively), the type of general anesthesia was less frequent during the pandemic period (42.3% vs 7.7% , p<0.001) and the frequency of complicated acute appendicitis according to histopathological report was lower during the pandemic period, but this difference was not significant (42.26% vs 26.16%, p=0.05). Factors associated with complicated acute appendicitis were identified as disease time >72 hours with an RPa of 2.2 (95% CI: 1.05 to 4.62) and a leukocytosis count ≥17,000 with an RPa of 1.59 (95% CI: 1.03 to 2.45). In addition, for the type of laparoscopic intervention, associated factors were identified in 2020 with an RPa of 0.19 (95%CI: 0.09 to 0.41), a disease time of 24-48 hours with an RPa of 0.47 (95%CI: 0.29 to 0.76) and leukocytosis count ≥17,000 with an RPa of 1.77 (95% CI: 1.16 to 2.72). Conclusions: The period of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the year 2020 was associated with a shorter waiting time, intervention time, hospital stay, laparoscopic intervention, and general anesthesia. However, it had no impact on the severity of acute appendicitis. Factors associated with complicated acute appendicitis were leukocytes >17,000 and disease time >72 hours. The associated factors for laparoscopic intervention were leukocytes >17,000, year 2020 and disease time of 24 to 48 hours
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