Abstract

Background: Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common emergency surgical presentations to Irish hospitals. The approach to investigating AA varies across and indeed within hospitals. In 2020, the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) updated its Jerusalem guidelines for the investigation, diagnosis and management of AA. We set out to evaluate our institutional compliance with these guidelines in the COVID era and assess for potential areas for improvement.

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