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cord-311580-dzlh5obt	Snapiri, Ori	Delayed diagnosis of paediatric appendicitis during the COVID‐19 pandemic	2020-06-08		.txt	text/plain	2475	151	45	AIM: To present seven paediatric patients with appendicitis, all with late diagnosis resulting from different aspects of the fear from the current global COVID‐19 pandemic. Herein, we present seven cases with a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis in the era of patients and physicians' fear from in-person encounters and physical examination. The parents of an 11-year-old female patient contacted her primary care physician with abdominal pain of 2-day duration. The family did not contact any healthcare provider until the 6th day of symptoms when the patient was re-examined by his physician and right abdominal tenderness along with signs of peritonitis were found. 13 While most adolescents diagnosed with appendicitis do not experience complications such as appendix perforation and abscess formation, the cases described in this report paint a different picture, raising concern regarding the current methods used for evaluation of paediatric population during the COVID-19 outbreak.	./cache/cord-311580-dzlh5obt.txt	./txt/cord-311580-dzlh5obt.txt