| Autor: |
Matthew M Carrick, Samir M Fakhry, Mark Lieser, David Acuna, Yan Shen, Gina M Berg, Ransom J Wyse, Jennifer L Morse, John Chipko, Jeneva M Garland, Andrea Slivinski, Saptarshi Biswas, Heather Rhodes, Dorraine D Watts, Nina Y Wilson, Shenequa Deas |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2397-5776 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/tsaco-2020-000642 |
| Popis: |
Background Reports indicate social distancing guidelines and other effects of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted trauma patient volumes and injury patterns. This report is the first analysis of a large trauma network describing the extent of these impacts. The objective of this study was to describe the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient volumes, demographics, injury characteristics, and outcomes.Methods For this descriptive, multicenter study from a large, multistate hospital network, data were collected from the system-wide centralized trauma registry and retrospectively reviewed to retrieve patient information including volume, demographics, and outcomes. For comparison, patient data from January through May of 2020 and January through May of 2019 were extracted.Results A total of 12 395 trauma patients (56% men, 79% white, mean age 59 years) from 85 trauma centers were included. The first 5 months of 2020 revealed a substantial decrease in volume, which began in February and continued into June. Further analysis revealed an absolute decrease of 32.5% in patient volume in April 2020 compared with April 2019 (4997 from 7398; p |
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Directory of Open Access Journals |
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