Article ; Online: COVID-19 Changed the Incidence and the Pattern of Pediatric Traumas: A Single-Centre Study in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2021 Volume 18, Issue 12
Abstract: ... the incidence and the fracture pattern in patients admitted to our pediatric hospital during the total lockdown ... Emergency Department (PED) of the Bambino Gesù Children Hospital of Rome (Palidoro). This PED is ... lockdown on pediatric traumas has not fully investigated. This paper aimed to analyze, and compare to 2019 ...
| Abstract | The first wave of COVID-19 spread worldwide from March to May 2020. Italy was one of the countries in the world where the lockdown period was most prolonged and restrictive. To date, the impact of prolonged lockdown on pediatric traumas has not fully investigated. This paper aimed to analyze, and compare to 2019, the incidence and the fracture pattern in patients admitted to our pediatric hospital during the total lockdown period. A single-center retrospective study was performed. The data were gathered from the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) of the Bambino Gesù Children Hospital of Rome (Palidoro). This PED is the pediatric referral center for Rome and the hub for pediatric traumas of the region. Any admission diagnosis for fracture, trauma, sprains and dislocation during the lockdown period (10 March-4 May) were included. The demographic data, diagnosis, type of treatment, fracture segment, bone involvement and time interval between trauma and presentation to the PED were recorded. In 2020, a reduction of total traumas and fractures, compared to 2019 ( |
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| MeSH term(s) | COVID-19 ; Child ; Communicable Disease Control ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Humans ; Incidence ; Italy/epidemiology ; Retrospective Studies ; Rome/epidemiology ; SARS-CoV-2 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-06-18 |
| Publishing country | Switzerland |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ISSN | 1660-4601 |
| ISSN (online) | 1660-4601 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18126573 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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