ArticlePediatric surgery international2021
Decreased incidence of intussusception during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trends in pediatric surgical emergencies.
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- Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on pediatric intestinal intussusception in the United States.Pediatric radiology · 2023Article
- Experiences of Health Care Professionals Working Extra Weekends to Reduce COVID-19-Related Surgical Backlog: Cross-sectional Study.JMIR perioperative medicine · 2022Article
- How Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Pediatric Patients with Intussusception Treated by Ultrasound-Guided Hydrostatic Enema Reduction?Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Changes in the Incidence Rates of Gastrointestinal Diseases Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea: A Long-Term Perspective.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Changes in the Incidence of Intussusception and Infectious Diseases After the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2022Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Care Utilization and Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Intussusception.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeRecent 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.
methodsData 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.
resultsAll 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%) p < 0.01 and the number of emergency surgical interventions for intussusception was also significantly less in 2020 (0/23; 0% versus 13/132; 9.8%) p < 0.01.
conclusionThe implementation of preventative measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 would appear to have influenced the etiopathogenesis of intussusception enough to significantly decrease its overall incidence and the requirement for emergency surgical intervention.
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