Investigation and management of suspected appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic

Br J Surg. 2020 Aug;107(9):e337-e338. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11787. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

Authors

W English^{1

2}, N Habib Bedwani¹, C Smith¹, V Shatkar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Queens Hospital, BHR NHS Trust, London, UK.
² National Bowel Research Centre, Blizard Institute, QMUL, London, UK.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Appendectomy / statistics & numerical data
Appendicitis / diagnosis*
Appendicitis / surgery
Appendicitis / therapy
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Female
Humans
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
London / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics / prevention & control
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult