Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Manuscript ID	71182
Country	United States

Received	2021-08-29 15:59
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Letter to the Editor
Article Title	Important role of acute care surgery during pandemic time
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Ming Yang and Chun-Ye Zhang
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Ming Yang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4895-5864 Chun-Ye Zhang http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2567-029X
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Ming Yang, DVM, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Surgery, University of Missouri, 1030 Hitt Street, NextGen Precision Health Building, Room 2203, Columbia, MO 65211, United States. yangmin@health.missouri.edu
Key Words	Pandemic impact; Acute care surgery; Outcome; Disease pattern and severity
Core Tip	The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacts the number of cases and disease patterns that required acute care surgery. At the early stage of pandemic COVID-19, the case number of patients for surgery care decreased in hospitals from different countries. The decline was associated with the stay-home order and fear of COVID-19 infection. However, recent reports show that the case number for acute surgery returns to the normal level, which is comparable to that before the beginning of the pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic increases the severity of diseases, such as gallbladder disease and acute appendicitis. This change may be caused by factors including lack of regular follow-up and screening diagnosis and infection of viruses.
Publish Date	2022-06-27 09:34
Citation	Yang M, Zhang CY. Important role of acute care surgery during pandemic time World J Gastrointest Surg 2021; 14(6): 626-628
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v14/i6/626.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v14.i6.626

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