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The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy

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The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy

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Background/Aims: Emergency service referrals frequently depend on non-urgent problems which are easy to solve without emergency services. Emergency services should be used effectively to raise service quality, patient and personnel satisfaction. Approximately %30 of emergency service referrals are pediatric patients. Covid-19 pandemia affecting the whole world, caused a decrease in non-covid patient emergency service referral numbers, consequently medically non-emergent patient numbers decreased too. Although the number of patients with a prediagnosis of acute appendicitis did not decrease during the pandemic, negative laparotomy rates decreased due to the effective use of emergency services. Material and Method: In this study we compared patients with prediagnosis of acute appendicitis and undergone appendectomy in our pediatric emergency service between 1 March-1 September 2019 and 1 March-1 September 2020. Patient records were evaluated retrospectively. Histopathological diagnoses were accepted as the gold standard. Result: Decreasing referrals of medically non-emergent patients to emergency services during pandemic led to improvement in service quality, so negative laparotomy rates declined. Looking at the literature, negative laparatomy rates of pediatric patients with the pre-diagnosis of acute appendicitis are 8-30%. In the 6-month period in 2019 negative laparotomy rate of our clinic found as 11.2%. When we examine the 6-month data of 2020 during pandemic we noticed that this rate declined to 2.8%. There was also a statistically significant difference between 2019 and 2020 in terms of the length of stay in the hospital. Conclusions: Because of the decrease in referral numbers of medically non-emergent patients to emergency services during pandemic, much more qualified and scientific service was provided. Community education considering emergency service referral indications could reduce workload density and enhance service quality of emergency services.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Emergency Health Services, Child, Negative Laparotomy, Qualified Health Care, Covid-19 Pandemic., Acil Sağlık Hizmetleri, Çocuk, Negatif Laparotomi, Kaliteli Sağlık Hizmeti, Covid-19 Pandemisi

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Öztürk, A. B., Kılıçaslan, C., Tuncer, S. Ç., & Ordu, M. (2023). The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy. Genel Tıp Dergisi, 33(3), 292-294. https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1210866
AMA
1.Öztürk AB, Kılıçaslan C, Tuncer SÇ, Ordu M. The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy. Genel Tıp Derg. 2023;33(3):292-294. doi:10.54005/geneltip.1210866
Chicago
Öztürk, Ayşe Betül, Cengizhan Kılıçaslan, Sibel Çiğdem Tuncer, ve Melike Ordu. 2023. “The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy”. Genel Tıp Dergisi 33 (3): 292-94. https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1210866.
EndNote
Öztürk AB, Kılıçaslan C, Tuncer SÇ, Ordu M (01 Haziran 2023) The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy. Genel Tıp Dergisi 33 3 292–294.
IEEE
[1]A. B. Öztürk, C. Kılıçaslan, S. Ç. Tuncer, ve M. Ordu, “The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy”, Genel Tıp Derg, c. 33, sy 3, ss. 292–294, Haz. 2023, doi: 10.54005/geneltip.1210866.
ISNAD
Öztürk, Ayşe Betül - Kılıçaslan, Cengizhan - Tuncer, Sibel Çiğdem - Ordu, Melike. “The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy”. Genel Tıp Dergisi 33/3 (01 Haziran 2023): 292-294. https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1210866.
JAMA
1.Öztürk AB, Kılıçaslan C, Tuncer SÇ, Ordu M. The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy. Genel Tıp Derg. 2023;33:292–294.
MLA
Öztürk, Ayşe Betül, vd. “The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy”. Genel Tıp Dergisi, c. 33, sy 3, Haziran 2023, ss. 292-4, doi:10.54005/geneltip.1210866.
Vancouver
1.Ayşe Betül Öztürk, Cengizhan Kılıçaslan, Sibel Çiğdem Tuncer, Melike Ordu. The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis and negative laparotomy. Genel Tıp Derg. 01 Haziran 2023;33(3):292-4. doi:10.54005/geneltip.1210866