NCT05104346

Presentation and Outcomes of Acute Appendicitis During COVID Pandemic

Presentation and Outcomes of Acute Appendicitis During COVID Pandemic: Lessons Learned From the Middle East (Multicenter Study)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,945 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mansoura University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Acute appendicitis (AA) is a frequent cause of acute abdominal pain in emergency rooms around the world \[1\]. The lifetime risk of developing AA is estimated to be about 8% \[1-3\]. The severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has raised difficult situations for healthcare systems and organizations around the world, with direct and indirect implications for patient care delivery. COVID-19 causes a wide range of clinical symptoms, including fever, dry cough, myalgia, and exhaustion, with pulmonary involvement in many cases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and surgical care is unknown due to a lack of evidence. To see how appendicitis care has changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study compares clinical presentation, investigative modalities, treatment procedures, and outcomes before and after the pandemic.

Detailed description

Acute appendicitis (AA) is a frequent cause of acute abdominal pain in emergency rooms around the world \[1\]. The lifetime risk of developing AA is estimated to be about 8% \[1-3\]. The SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has raised difficult situations for healthcare systems and organizations around the world, with direct and indirect implications for patient care delivery. COVID-19 causes a wide range of clinical symptoms, including fever, dry cough, myalgia, and exhaustion, with pulmonary involvement in many cases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and surgical care is unknown due to a lack of evidence. To see how appendicitis care has changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study compares clinical presentation, investigative modalities, treatment procedures, and outcomes before and after the pandemic. This is a multicenter prospective cohort study that was conducted for patients presented with Acute Appendicitis (AA).

Conditions

• Acute Appendicitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	appendectomy	open or laparoscopic appendectomy

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-31
• Primary completion: 2021-03-31
• Completion: 2021-10-01
• First posted: 2021-11-03
• Last updated: 2021-11-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt