Racial and ethnic variation in emergent surgical care and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: post hoc analysis of an EAST MCT.

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted concerns regarding the equity of medical care. We evaluated associations between race/ethnicity, timing of hospital presentation and outcomes of acute appendicitis (AP) and acute cholecystitis (AC) during the initial pandemic peak.

Methods: Analysis was performed on a prospective, observational, multicenter study of adults with AP or AC.