key: cord-0895682-viudt9j1
authors: Yu, Xianqiang
title: What special considerations should acute appendicitis bring to the clinician in the midst of COVID-19
date: 2021-02-03
journal: Surgery
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.01.039
sha: 2fe5fd74178d82034d022d96317f950963c3c9f1
doc_id: 895682
cord_uid: viudt9j1

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symptoms of COVID-19. Based on this consideration, we should never ignore acute appendicitis 24 directly induced by novel coronavirus infection of the appendix, so as to prevent the spread of 25 pandemic caused by misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis in the clinical diagnosis and treatment 26 process. It is time for us to come up with two new concepts: acute appendicitis like symptoms of 27 COVID-19; acute appendicitis combined with COVID-19; novel coronavirus acute appendicitis. It 28 is particularly important in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.

It is easy for us to take their differences literally. Acute appendicitis like symptoms of COVID-19 30 means that COVID-19 is characterized by abdominal symptoms similar to acute appendicitis.

While acute appendicitis combined with COVID-19 means that the occurrence of the two diseases 32 overlaps in time, but is not cause-and-effect. However, novel coronavirus acute appendicitis 

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