Decreased incidence of intussusception during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trends in pediatric surgical emergencies
Purpose Recent reports suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic may be influencing disease morbidity. The purpose of this study was to investigate pandemic-related changes in the incidence of pediatric surgical emergencies. Methods Data from patients with one of 8 typical conditions considered to be pedia...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Pediatric surgery international 2021-12, Vol.37 (12), p.1761-1764 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Purpose
Recent reports suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic may be influencing disease morbidity. The purpose of this study was to investigate pandemic-related changes in the incidence of pediatric surgical emergencies.
Methods
Data from patients with one of 8 typical conditions considered to be pediatric emergencies who presented at 3 hospitals close to central Tokyo were collated retrospectively from accident and emergency (AE) department records for 2020 and compared with data for 3 years prior to 2020.
Results
All subjects had similar demographic profiles. The total number of pediatric AE attendances from 2017 to 2020 was 2880 (2017:
n
= 600, 2018:
n
= 736, 2019:
n
= 817, and 2020:
n
= 727). Annual attendances were similar. Of the 8 conditions, there were significantly less cases of intussusception in 2020 than previously (23/727; 3.1% versus 132/2153; 6.1%)
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ISSN: | 0179-0358 1437-9813 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00383-021-04992-1 |