Investigating changes in incidence and severity of pediatric appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: an interrupted time series analysis
World J Pediatr
.
2023 Mar;19(3):288-292.
doi: 10.1007/s12519-022-00656-9.
Epub 2022 Dec 27.
Authors
Francesca Del Giorgio
1
,
Merieme Habti
2
,
Joanna Merckx
1
,
Jay S Kaufman
1
,
Jocelyn Gravel
3
,
Nelson Piché
4
,
Esli Osmanlliu
5
,
Olivier Drouin
6
7
Affiliations
1
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
2
Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
3
Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada.
4
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada.
5
Division of Pediatric Emergency Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Canada.
6
Department of Social and Preventative Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada. o.drouin@UMontreal.ca.
7
Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada. o.drouin@UMontreal.ca.
PMID:
36574211
PMCID:
PMC9792923
DOI:
10.1007/s12519-022-00656-9
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Appendectomy
Appendicitis* / diagnosis
Appendicitis* / epidemiology
Appendicitis* / surgery
COVID-19*
Canada / epidemiology
Child
Humans
Incidence
Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Pandemics
Retrospective Studies