Incidence of Perforated Appendicitis in Times of Corona Crisis
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 143
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- rate of perforated appendicitis
研究概览
简要总结
Appendicitis is one of the most common clinical conditions in general surgery. The diagnosis is usually made from clinical examination, imaging (sonography or CT) and laboratory parameters. The laparoscopic appendectomy without drainage has established as the gold standard. Patients usually leave the hospital two days after surgery.
In times of corona crisis, patients are unsure to visit the hospital because of fear of infection with SARS-CoV-2. A higher incidence of perforated appendicitis could be an indicator for fear-related delay of going to the hospital.
Methods: Investigators performed a retrospective analysis on the incidence of perforated appendicitis in a 10-week interval (mid-March to end of May) of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 to evaluate possible changes in times of corona crisis. Intraoperative findings, procedures, complications and the length of hospital stay were considered.
详细描述
The local ethics committee of the University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany, approved this study (AZ: 324/2020BO2). All patients treated for acute appendicitis in a ten week period from 16th of March to 31th of May in 2018, 2019 and 2020 were considered for the study. Investigators analysed the frequency of perforated appendicitis in the periods indicated. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants. Patient's records as well as database were analyzed for therapy specific items.
Definition Perforation: Perforated appendicitis was defined as described perforation in the surgical or pathological results.
Delay between onset of symptoms and first presentation at the hospital: Patient's records were proved for self-declaration about the start of symptoms
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Other
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •patients with acute appendicitis older than 16 years
- •appendectomy in time frame 16th of march to 30th of May in the Years 2018, 2019 and 2020
排除标准
- •patients with acute appendicitis younger than 16 years
- •appendectomy not in the named time frames
结局指标
主要结局
rate of perforated appendicitis
时间窗: 10 weeks from 16th of March to 31th of May
次要结局
未报告次要终点