Is acute appendicitis more severe in foreign workers of northern Israel? A retrospective cohort study.
Acute appendicitis
Complicated appendicitis
Foreign workers
Israel
Journal
European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society
ISSN: 1863-9941
Titre abrégé: Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101313350
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2023
Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
03
11
2021
accepted:
16
04
2022
medline:
23
10
2023
pubmed:
8
5
2022
entrez:
7
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common surgical emergencies worldwide. It's classified into simple or complicated disease. Due to the high prevalence of the disease, AA has been studied as a marker to assess the quality of care afforded to minority groups. The purpose of this study was to compare AA outcomes in foreign workers (FW) to the general population in northern Israel. This is a retrospective cohort study. We identified all patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The study group included all FW and the control group included citizens of Israel. Study patients were matched based on age, sex, and co-morbidities. We compared time to presentation, admission parameters and disease outcomes. Our study outcomes were disease severity and length of hospital stay. We identified 20 FW and 97 matched local patients. FW presented with significantly higher heart rate, temperature, and white blood cell count (WBC). Duration of symptoms was comparable between the two groups. The rates of complicated disease were significantly higher among FW (45 vs 17.5%, p < 0.0001). Length of hospitalization was significantly longer in the FW group (4.8 vs. 3.9 days, p = 0.01). The odds ratio of FWs for having a complicated disease was OR = 3.85 [95% CI: 1.38, 10.72], p = 0.01. Multivariate analysis identified FW and duration of symptoms as significantly contributing to a complicated disease outcome. Although duration of symptoms was comparable to the local population, FW in northern Israel are at increased risk for a complicated disease which resulted in longer hospital stay. Further studies may enlighten the reason for this disparity.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common surgical emergencies worldwide. It's classified into simple or complicated disease. Due to the high prevalence of the disease, AA has been studied as a marker to assess the quality of care afforded to minority groups. The purpose of this study was to compare AA outcomes in foreign workers (FW) to the general population in northern Israel.
METHODS
METHODS
This is a retrospective cohort study. We identified all patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The study group included all FW and the control group included citizens of Israel. Study patients were matched based on age, sex, and co-morbidities. We compared time to presentation, admission parameters and disease outcomes. Our study outcomes were disease severity and length of hospital stay.
RESULTS
RESULTS
We identified 20 FW and 97 matched local patients. FW presented with significantly higher heart rate, temperature, and white blood cell count (WBC). Duration of symptoms was comparable between the two groups. The rates of complicated disease were significantly higher among FW (45 vs 17.5%, p < 0.0001). Length of hospitalization was significantly longer in the FW group (4.8 vs. 3.9 days, p = 0.01). The odds ratio of FWs for having a complicated disease was OR = 3.85 [95% CI: 1.38, 10.72], p = 0.01. Multivariate analysis identified FW and duration of symptoms as significantly contributing to a complicated disease outcome.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Although duration of symptoms was comparable to the local population, FW in northern Israel are at increased risk for a complicated disease which resulted in longer hospital stay. Further studies may enlighten the reason for this disparity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35524779
doi: 10.1007/s00068-022-01980-5
pii: 10.1007/s00068-022-01980-5
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
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