Acute Appendicitis in COVID-19-Positive Children: Report of 4 Cases from an Endemic Area in Northeastern Romania

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 30;20(1):706. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010706.

Abstract

Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common surgical emergencies in children. Some reports have suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for delays in the diagnostic and proper treatment of AA in pediatric patients. The aim of our study was to perform a retrospective study of cases of AA in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection treated in a highly endemic area for COVID-19 in Romania during a 2-year time interval. The SARS-CoV-2 infection had no unfavorable impact on children who presented with AA. Further data analysis should clarify the overall influence of COVID-19 on the management of surgical pediatric patients in such endemic areas.

Keywords: PCR test; SARS-CoV-2; acute appendicitis; children; surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Appendicitis* / complications
  • Appendicitis* / epidemiology
  • Appendicitis* / surgery
  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Romania / epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.