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. 2022 Apr;57(4):780-781.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2021.10.009. Epub 2021 Oct 15.

How the Covid-19 pandemic affects our perspective on the medical treatment of acute appendicitis in children

Mehmet Emin Boleken  1 , Tansel Günendi  2 , Osman Hakan Kocaman  2 , Ferit Doğan  3 , Mahmut Alp Karahan  4
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How the Covid-19 pandemic affects our perspective on the medical treatment of acute appendicitis in children

Mehmet Emin Boleken et al. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Acute appendicitis; Covid-19 pandemic; Non-operative treatment; Pediatric anesthesia.

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Plain chest X-ray shows patchy radiopacity areas in the middle and lower zones of both lungs.
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A section from thorax CT showed diffuse bilateral subpleural and peribronchial patchy ground-glass opacities involving multiple lung lobes.
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