Publications

Authors:

Mattiuzzi, Camilla; Lippi, Giuseppe

Title:

Letter re: Acute Appendicitis in the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A New York City Single-Center Experience

Year:

2025

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

THE AMERICAN SURGEON

ISSN of journal:

0003-1348

N° Volume:

94

Number or Folder:

4

Page numbers:

453-454

Keyword:

Appendicitis, COVID-19, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2

Short description of contents:

We conducted an electronic search using the CDC WONDER (Wide-Ranging, Online Data for Epidemiologic Research) online database. The age-adjusted death rate (×100 000) for acute appendicitis in the United States was 0.060 (95%CI, 0.055-0.065) in the pre-COVID-19 period (2018-2019) but increased to 0.081 (95%CI, 0.074-0.087) in the COVID-19 peak period (2020-2021). Overall, the risk of dying from acute appendicitis was 22% higher during the epidemiological peak of COVID-19 than in the previous period (OR, 1.22; 95%CI, 1.09-1.36; p<0.001). In summary, the results of our analysis of the official CDC WONDER database show that the age-adjusted death rate for acute appendicitis in the United States increased significantly during the COVID-19 peak period.

Web page:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00031348241300359

Product ID:

142579

Handle IRIS:

11562/1145168

Last Modified:

May 30, 2025

Bibliographic citation:

Mattiuzzi, Camilla; Lippi, Giuseppe, Letter re: Acute Appendicitis in the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A New York City Single-Center Experience «THE AMERICAN SURGEON» , vol. 94 , n. 4 , 2025 , pp. 453-454

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