The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence, Severity, and Management of Acute Appendicitis: A Single Center Experience in Thailand

Table 3

Outcome of the treatment in adult patients with acute appendicitis.

	Pre-COVID-19	During COVID-19	value
Complication, n (%)
ICU admission	2 (0.35)	9 (2.07)	0.009
Ventilator use	1 (0.17)	8 (1.84)	0.005
Pneumonia	0 (0)	2 (0.46)	0.104
Surgical site infection	29 (5.05)	27 (6.22)	0.422
Abdominal collection	11 (1.92)	8 (1.84)	0.933
Ileus	13 (2.26)	12 (2.76)	0.613
Anastomosis leakage	1 (0.17)	0 (0)	0.384
Acute kidney injury	9 (1.57)	8 (1.84)	0.737
Mortality, n (%)	0 (0)	1 (0.23)	0.250
LOS			0.001,
Mean ± SD (days)	3.2 ± 2.47	4.0 ± 5.14
Median (iqr)	3 (2, 4)	3 (2, 4)
Expenditure, (baht)			<0.001,
Median (iqr)	19395.75 (14653, 26366.5)	23426 (17037.75, 35406.5)

ICU, invasive care unit; iqr, interquartile range; LOS, length of hospital stay, Statistically significant -value <0.05, nonparametric data.