Increased Incidence of Perforated Appendicitis in Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Bavarian Multi-Center Study

Schafer FM, Meyer J, Kellnar S, Warmbrunn J, Schuster T, Simon S, Meyer T, Platzer J, Hubertus J, Seitz S, Knorr C, Stehr M (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Frontiers in Pediatrics Frontiers Media

Book Volume: 9

DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.683607

Abstract

Introduction: Since early 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic and statutory preventive reorganization of treatment capacities with cancellation of elective surgery as well as curfew regulations led to vastly decreased utilization of primary health care.

Authors with CRIS profile

Sigurd Seitz Department of Paediatric Surgery

Involved external institutions

Universitätsklinikum Augsburg DE Germany (DE) Cnopf'sche Kinderklinik DE Germany (DE) Klinikum der Universität München (Großhadern und Innenstadt) DE Germany (DE) Klinikum Dritter Orden DE Germany (DE) Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder DE Germany (DE) Technische Universität München (TUM) DE Germany (DE) Kinderkrankenhaus St. Marien DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Würzburg DE Germany (DE) Klinikum Nürnberg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Schafer, F.-M., Meyer, J., Kellnar, S., Warmbrunn, J., Schuster, T., Simon, S.,... Stehr, M. (2021). Increased Incidence of Perforated Appendicitis in Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Bavarian Multi-Center Study. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.683607

MLA:

Schafer, Frank-Mattias, et al. "Increased Incidence of Perforated Appendicitis in Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Bavarian Multi-Center Study." Frontiers in Pediatrics 9 (2021).

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