Changes in children's surgical services during the COVID-19 pandemic at a tertiary-level government hospital in a lower middle-income country.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to quantify the changes that occurred in the surgical services of children during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of a low/middle-income country.

Design

A case-control study was conducted at a large referral centre in Bangladesh among patients aged ≤12 years. Comparisons were made between cases admitted during a period of 'April to September 2020' (Pandemic period) and controls during a similar period in 2019 (Reference period). The number of admissions and outpatient department (OPD) attendances, age and sex distribution, diagnosis, number and types of surgeries performed (elective vs emergency), variations in treatment of acute appendicitis, types of anaesthesia and mortality were compared.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Farooq MAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015790 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature