Artikel ; Online: Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on severe trauma trends and healthcare system reassessment in Lombardia, Italy: an analysis from the regional trauma registry.
World journal of emergency surgery : WJES
2021 Band 16, Heft 1, Seite(n) 39
Abstract: ... the reassessment of how healthcare is delivered. In Lombardia, Italy, a Regional Emergency Committee (REC) was ... retrospectively collected data from the Regional Trauma Registry of Lombardia (LTR). We compared the data ... of trauma patients admitted to three hub hospitals before the COVID-19 outbreak (September 1 to November 19 ...
| Abstract | Backgrounds: The COVID-19 pandemic drastically strained the health systems worldwide, obligating the reassessment of how healthcare is delivered. In Lombardia, Italy, a Regional Emergency Committee (REC) was established and the regional health system reorganized, with only three hospitals designated as hubs for trauma care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of this reorganization of regional care, comparing the distribution of patients before and during the COVID-19 outbreak and to describe changes in the epidemiology of severe trauma among the two periods. Methods: A cohort study was conducted using retrospectively collected data from the Regional Trauma Registry of Lombardia (LTR). We compared the data of trauma patients admitted to three hub hospitals before the COVID-19 outbreak (September 1 to November 19, 2019) with those recorded during the pandemic (February 21 to May 10, 2020) in the same hospitals. Demographic data, level of pre-hospital care (Advanced Life Support-ALS, Basic Life Support-BLS), type of transportation, mechanism of injury (MOI), abbreviated injury score (AIS, 1998 version), injury severity score (ISS), revised trauma score (RTS), and ICU admission and survival outcome of all the patients admitted to the three trauma centers designed as hubs, were reviewed. Screening for COVID-19 was performed with nasopharyngeal swabs, chest ultrasound, and/or computed tomography. Results: During the COVID-19 pandemic, trauma patients admitted to the hubs increased (46.4% vs 28.3%, p < 0.001) with an increase in pre-hospital time (71.8 vs 61.3 min, p < 0.01), while observed in hospital mortality was unaffected. TRISS, ISS, AIS, and ICU admission were similar in both periods. During the COVID-19 outbreak, we observed substantial changes in MOI of severe trauma patients admitted to three hubs, with increases of unintentional (31.9% vs 18.5%, p < 0.05) and intentional falls (8.4% vs 1.2%, p < 0.05), whereas the pandemic restrictions reduced road- related injuries (35.6% vs 60%, p < 0.05). Deaths on scene were significantly increased (17.7% vs 6.8%, p < 0.001). Conclusions: The COVID-19 outbreak affected the epidemiology of severe trauma patients. An increase in trauma patient admissions to a few designated facilities with high level of care obtained satisfactory results, while COVID-19 patients overwhelmed resources of most other hospitals. |
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| Mesh-Begriff(e) | Adult ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Comorbidity ; Delivery of Health Care/trends ; Female ; Hospital Mortality/trends ; Hospitalization/trends ; Humans ; Injury Severity Score ; Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data ; Italy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pandemics ; Registries ; Retrospective Studies ; Trauma Centers/statistics & numerical data ; Wounds and Injuries/diagnosis ; Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology ; Wounds and Injuries/therapy |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 2021-07-19 |
| Erscheinungsland | England |
| Dokumenttyp | Journal Article ; Multicenter Study |
| ISSN | 1749-7922 |
| ISSN (online) | 1749-7922 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s13017-021-00383-y |
| Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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