Publications by authors named "Shadassa A Ourshalimian"
Article Synopsis
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, many kids with appendicitis were treated without surgery at first but later had surgery called appendectomy.
- The study looked at children under 21 who had this surgery at certain hospitals from March 2020 to July 2022, comparing those with COVID-19 to those without.
- Results showed that kids with COVID-19 had shorter hospital stays and fewer complications after surgery compared to those without COVID-19.
Introduction: Evidence suggests that coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) infection is associated with increased perioperative mortality in adults. We hypothesized that children with COVID-19 had worse outcomes after emergency surgery compared to children without COVID-19.
Methods: Children <18 y who underwent emergency abdominal surgery were included in the 2021 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatric database.
Background: Children from racial and ethnic minority groups have higher prevalence of perforated appendicitis, and the COVID-19 pandemic worsened racial and ethnic health-related disparities. We hypothesized that the incidence of perforated appendicitis worsened for children from racial and ethnic minorities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of the Pediatric Health Information System for children ages 2-18y undergoing appendectomy pre-pandemic (3/19/2019-3/18/2020) and intra-pandemic (3/19/2020-3/30/2021).