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  • During the COVID-19 outbreak, some patients with COVID-19 pneumonia also suffered from acute abdomen requiring surgical treatment; however, there is no consensus for the treatment of such patients. In this study, we retrospectively reviewed 34 patients with acute abdomen who underwent emergency surgery during the COVID-19 outbreak. Among the 34 patients with acute abdomen, a total of six cases were found with COVID-19 pneumonia (clinical classification for COVID-19 pneumonia: all were the common type). On the premise of similar demographics between both groups, patients with COVID-19 pneumonia had worse indicators of liver and coagulation function. Compared with acute abdomen patients without COVID-19, patients with COVID-19 pneumonia had a longer hospital stay, but there were no significant differences in postsurgical complications (P = 0.58) or clinical outcomes (P = 0.56). In addition, an obvious resolution of lung inflammation after surgery was observed in five COVID-19 patients (83.3%). No new COVID-19 cases occurred during the patients’ hospital stays. Therefore, for the common type of COVID-19 pneumonia, emergency surgery could not only improve the outcomes of COVID-19 pneumonia patients with acute abdomen, but also benefit the resolution of pulmonary inflammation.
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?:doi
  • 10.18632/aging.103839
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?:journal
  • Aging_(Albany_NY)
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  • cc-by
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/22d9260a1c9dbc4f79aa22f7a795f7d5edeeba5b.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7467361.xml.json
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?:pmid
?:pmid
  • 32805726.0
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?:source
  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • The effect of emergency surgery on acute abdomen patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: a retrospective observational study
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?:year
  • 2020-08-15

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