The safety of paediatric surgery between COVID-19 surges: an observational study.
Adolescent
Age Factors
COVID-19
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Coronavirus Infections
/ epidemiology
Elective Surgical Procedures
/ statistics & numerical data
Emergency Medical Services
/ statistics & numerical data
Female
General Surgery
Hospitalization
/ statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Male
Pandemics
Patient Safety
Pediatrics
Pneumonia, Viral
/ epidemiology
Prevalence
Quarantine
Surgical Procedures, Operative
/ adverse effects
Treatment Outcome
United Kingdom
/ epidemiology
Young Adult
COVID-19
elective surgery
paediatrics
testing
Journal
Anaesthesia
ISSN: 1365-2044
Titre abrégé: Anaesthesia
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0370524
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2020
12 2020
Historique:
accepted:
09
09
2020
pubmed:
22
9
2020
medline:
20
11
2020
entrez:
21
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Despite the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, elective paediatric surgery must continue safely through the first, second and subsequent waves of disease. This study presents outcome data from a children's hospital in north-west England, the region with the highest prevalence of COVID-19 in England. Children and young people undergoing elective surgery isolated within their household for 14 days, then presented for real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease-2 (SARS-CoV-2) within 72 h of their procedure (or rapid testing within 24 h in high-risk cases), and completed a screening questionnaire on admission. Planned surgery resumed on 26 May 2020; in the four subsequent weeks, there were 197 patients for emergency and 501 for elective procedures. A total of 488 out of 501 (97.4%) elective admissions proceeded, representing a 2.6% COVID-19-related cancellation rate. There was no difference in the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 among children and young people who had or had not isolated for 14 days (p > 0.99). One out of 685 (0.1%) children who had surgery re-presented to the hospital with symptoms potentially consistent with SARS-CoV-2 within 14 days of surgery. Outcomes were similar to those in the same time period in 2019 for length of stay (p = 1.0); unplanned critical care admissions (p = 0.59); and 14-day hospital re-admission (p = 0.17). However, the current cohort were younger (p = 0.037); of increased complexity (p < 0.001) and underwent more complex surgery (p < 0.001). The combined use of household self-isolation, testing and screening questionnaires has allowed the re-initiation of elective paediatric surgery at high volume while maintaining pre-COVID-19 outcomes in children and young people undergoing surgery. This may provide a model for addressing the ongoing challenges posed by COVID-19, as well as future pandemics.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32955100
doi: 10.1111/anae.15264
pmc: PMC7537528
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1605-1613Informations de copyright
© 2020 Association of Anaesthetists.
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