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Table 1 Recorded acute abdominal surgical emergencies in immunocompromised children

From: A scoping review on acute gastrointestinal surgical complications in immunocompromised pediatric patients

Year published

Author

Number of cases

Immunocompromised condition

Acute surgical complication

1995 [1]

Gilad et al

1

Chemotherapy for ALL

Appendiceal and ileal perforation

2003 [2]

Velez et al

1

Chemotherapy for Wilms tumor

Appendiceal perforation

2005 [3]

Kerri et al

1

HIV

Appendicitis

2009 [4]

Bong Hee et al

1

Aspergillosis and chemotherapy for ALL

Appendicitis

2009 [5]

Luer et al

1

Chemotherapy for ALL

Appendicitis

2013 [6]

Larbcharoensub et al

1

Chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and promyelocytic leukemia

Appendicitis

2016 [7]

Veronica et al

2

Chemotherapy for AML

Appendicitis

2020 [8]

Yada et al

1

Chemotherapy for AML

Appendicitis

1989 [9]

Yoshida et al

1

Down’s syndrome

Bowel perforation

1994 [10]

Vadeboncoeur et al

1

Premature infant

Bowel perforation

1999 [11]

Rokhsar et al

2

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Bowel perforation

2006 [12]

Yalcin Polat et al

1

Down’s syndrome

Bowel perforation

2007 [13]

Choudhury et al

1

Malnourishment

Bowel perforation

2008 [14]

Cindy et al

3

Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder

Bowel perforation

2013 [15]

Kutsch et al

1

Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder

Bowel perforation

2013 [16]

Radhakishan et al

12

Chemotherapy for ALL

Bowel perforation

2017 [17]

Maxted et al

1

Post kidney transplant

Bowel perforation

1999 [11]

Rokhsar et al

1

Aplastic anemia

Bowel perforation and neutropenic enterocolitis

2016 [18]

Schaefer et al

10

5 children received BMT for leukemia, 1 child received BMT for SCID, 1 child had lymphoma, 1 child had SCID, 2 children had leukemia

Cholecystitis

2019 [19]

Rose et al

3

2 children with hemoglobinopathy and 1 child with mononucleosis

Cholecystitis

2007 [20]

Lee et al

7

7 children post liver transplantation

Colitis

2017 [21]

Fernandes et al

9

6 children post liver transplantation, 2 post kidney transplantation and 1 post liver-kidney transplantation

Colitis

2019 [22]

Akkelle et al

12

12 children with PIDs

Colitis

1992 [23]

Miller et al

9

6 patients had vertical transmission of infection and 3 had acquired HIV infection through contaminated blood products

Pancreatitis

1992 [24]

Werlin et al

7

7 children post BMT

Pancreatitis

1996 [25]

Koranyi et al

10

3 children with acquired HIV from vertical transmission and 7 from contaminated blood products

Pancreatitis

2002 [26]

Carter et al

1

1 child 12 days post liver transplantation

Pancreatitis

2003 [27]

Eghtesad

26

1 child post liver transplantation

Pancreatitis

2004 [28]

Sastry et al

1

1 child post BMT

Pancreatitis

2006 [29]

Bateman et al

5

5 children post BMT

Pancreatitis

2008 [30]

Cho et al

1

1 child post renal transplantation

Pancreatitis

2016 [31]

Hammer et al

1

1 child with Candida albicans infection and cystic fibrosis status post-lung transplantation

Pancreatitis

2019 [32]

Qi et al

1

1 child with acute B lymphoblastic anemia and HSCT

Pancreatitis

2007 [33]

Avci et al

2

Chemotherapy for ALL

Typhlitis

2008 [34]

Haut et al

1

Chemotherapy for AML

Typhlitis

2008 [35]

Tinsa et al

1

Fanconi anemia

Typhlitis

2018 [36]

User et al

18

12 children underwent chemotherapy for ALL

6 children underwent chemotherapy for AML

Typhlitis

  1. ALL, acute lymphocytic leukemia; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; BMT, bone marrow transplant; SCID, severe combined immunodeficiency disorder; PID, primary immunodeficiency disorder; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation