COVID-19 AND ACUTE ABDOMEN: A CASE EXPERIENCE REPORT

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592103125

• Palavras-chave: COVID-19, acute abdomen, emergency surgery; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Laparoscopy, Abdominal surgery.

• Keywords: COVID-19, acute abdomen, emergency surgery; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Laparoscopy, abdominal surgery

• Abstract:

   

  The ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and has imposed a great burden on global medical systems. During the COVID-19 outbreak, some patients with COVID-19 pneumonia also suffered from an acute abdomen, requiring surgical treatment; however, there is no consensus for the treatment of these patients. Non-systematic literature review study carried out until October 28, 2021. The terms were searched: “COVID” OR “COVID-19” OR “Coronavirus” OR “SARS-CoV-2” AND “acute abdomen” in following databases: Pubmed and Google Scholar. Articles originally published in English were considered eligible. Articles published in 2020 and late 2019 with a focus on elucidating the relationship of COVID-19 with acute abdomen were included. Patients with acute abdomen require emergency surgery. SARS-CoV-2 infection can affect several organ systems, including the digestive tract. Little is known about the consequences of COVID-19 infection in emergency surgical patients. Mild co-infection with COVID-19 did not result in further complications for emergency abdominal surgery. However, an acute abdomen during severe COVID-19 infection was part of a poor prognosis.

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