ArticleLangenbeck's archives of surgery2020
Acute abdomen in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection or co-infection.
Article in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04323644 (Outcomes of Surgery in COVID-19 Infection), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Outcomes of Surgery in COVID-19 Infection: International Cohort Study (CovidSurg)
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review on impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Microbiological research · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Abdominal Imaging Findings in COVID-19 Patients.Visceral medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Acute abdomen in patients with covid-19: an integrative review.Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2023Review
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- Acute mesenteric ischemia in COVID-19: Case report and current understanding.Qatar medical journal · 2022Article
- Surgical complications in COVID-19 patients in the setting of moderate to severe disease.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2021Review
- Gastrointestinal perforation secondary to COVID-19: Case reports and literature review.Medicine · 2021Article
- Acute surgical abdomen during the COVID-19 pandemic: Clinical and therapeutic challenges.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2021Article
- Outcomes after emergency abdominal surgery in COVID-19 patients at a referral center in Brazil.Updates in surgery · 2021Article
- Meckel's diverticulitis in a COVID-19 adult.Journal of surgical case reports · 2021Article
- With regard to the article "Acute abdomen in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection or co-infection".Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2020Article
- Rare case of COVID-19 presenting as acute abdomen and sepsis.New microbes and new infections · 2020Article
- Acute mesenteric thrombosis in two patients with COVID-19. Two cases report and literature review.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020Article
- Postoperative mortality among surgical patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Patient safety in surgery · 2020Article
- Anesthetic challenges while performing emergency laparotomy in a patient having COVID-19 infection.Journal of postgraduate medicineArticle
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposePatients with an acute abdomen require emergency surgery. SARS-CoV-2 infection can affect multiple organ systems, including the digestive tract. Little is known about the consequences of COVID-19 infection in emergency surgical patients.
methodsPerioperative data for COVID-19 patients undergoing emergency surgery from March 1, 2020, to May 23, 2020 were collected prospectively (NCT04323644).
resultsDuring this period, 215 patients underwent surgery, including 127 patients in an emergency setting, of whom 13 (10.2%) had COVID-19. Two scenarios were identified: (a) patients who were admitted to a hospital for an acute surgical condition with a concomitant diagnosis of COVID-19, and (b) patients with severe COVID-19 developing acute abdominal pathologies during their hospital stay. When compared with those in group B, patients in group A globally recovered better, with a lower mortality rate (14.3% vs. 33.3%), lower ARDS rate (28.5% vs. 50.0%), less rates of preoperative invasive ventilation (14.3% vs. 50.0%) and postoperative invasive ventilation (28.5% vs. 100.0%), and a shorter duration of invasive ventilation. No causality between SARS-CoV-2 infection and gastrointestinal affliction was found.
conclusionOur observations underline that mild co-infection with COVID-19 did not result in more complications for emergency abdominal surgery. Howe, an acute abdomen during severe COVID-19 infection was part of an unfavorable prognosis.
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