| Title: |
Critical factors conditioning the management of appendicitis in children during COVID-19 Pandemic: experience from the outbreak area of Lombardy, Italy |
| Authors: |
Raffaele, Alessandro; Cervone, Anna; Ruffoli, Maria; Cereda, Emanuele; Avolio, Luigi; Parigi, Gian Battista; Riccipetitoni, Giovanna |
| Contributors: |
Raffaele, Alessandro; Cervone, Anna; Ruffoli, Maria; Cereda, Emanuele; Avolio, Luigi; Parigi, Gian Battista; Riccipetitoni, Giovanna |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
IRIS UNIPV (Università degli studi di Pavia) |
| Subject Terms: |
appendicitis; complicated appendectomy; COVID-19 |
| Description: |
experience from the outbreak area of Lombardy, Italy, showed that appendicitis in children during COVID-19 Pandemic registered an increased number of complicated appendectomies vs the pre-COVID time, possibly due to the reluctance of parents to seek hospital advice and consequent delay in diagnosis |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
ELETTRONICO |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/32835410; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000561959600001; volume:2020; issue:Aug. 24; journal:BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY; http://hdl.handle.net/11571/1344895 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/bjs.12004 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/11571/1344895; https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.12004 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.EA1E176E |
| Database: |
BASE |