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[Factors associated with prolonged hospital-stay after appendectomy during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic]
C Z Saldaña1, E G Gutiérrez1, Z C Carlos1
1School of Medicine, Antenor Orrego Private University, Trujillo, Peru.
Objective:
To determine the factors associated with prolonged hospital-stay after appendectomy in SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Material And Methods:
A retrospective observational cohort study included 420 patients after surgery for acute appendicitis between March 2019 and March 2020, April 2020 and April 2021. There were 336 patients before the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, and 84 ones underwent surgery during the pandemic.
Results:
Incidence of prolonged hospital stay was 15% and 26%, respectively (RR 1.76). RR is more than 1 and assumes SARS-CoV-2 infection as a risk factor.
Conclusion:
There is an association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and prolonged hospital-stay after surgery for acute appendicitis (RR 1.76).
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