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. 2021 Feb 1;57(7):986–989. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15359

Table 2.

Demographic and outcome details of patients with appendicitis

Control COVID‐19 P value
Number of cases (%) 10 (10) 18 (24) 0.03
Male:female (%) 6:4 (60:40) 13:5 (72:28) 0.5
Age, years (range) 12 (5–15) 11 (3–15) 0.67
Time from symptom onset to presentation, days (range) 1 (1–2) 3 (1–14) <0.01
Admission white cell count, ×109 cells per litre (range) 13.2 (7.3–18.3) 15.8 (5.2–29.1) 0.02
Admission C‐reactive protein, mg/L (range) 27 (4–95) 53 (1–299) 0.04
Admission ultrasound scan (%) 2 (20) 6 (33) 0.45
Complicated:uncomplicated appendicitis (%) 1:9 (10:90) 4:14 (22:78) 0.6
Treatment (%) 1
Open appendicetomy 1 (10) 2 (11)
Laparoscopic appendicetomy 9 (90) 15 (83)
Antibiotics 0 (0) 1 (6)
Patients discharged on antibiotics (%) 2 (20) 9 (50) 0.12
Length of stay, days (range) 2.5 (1–6) 4 (2–10) 0.29
30‐day readmission (%) 2 (20) 2 (11) 0.52