Naslov
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric trauma - experience of the Children's Hospital Zagreb

Autori
Bašković, Marko ; Čizmić, Ante ; Pešorda, Domagoj ; Žganjer, Mirko ; Kljenak, Antun ; Zaninović, Luca ; Pajić, Anto

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
6. kongres Hrvatskog traumatološkog društva s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem: knjiga sažetaka / - , 2022, 1-1

Skup
6. kongres Hrvatskog traumatološkog društva s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem

Mjesto i datum
Vodice, Hrvatska, 31.03.2022. - 02.04.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
COVID-19 ; pandemic ; trauma ; children ; pediatric surgery

Sažetak
Insight into the Hospital Information System, we were interested in how the COVID-19 pandemic affected pediatric trauma. The analysis covered 15 months of the pre-COVID-19 period and 15 months of the COVID-19 period. The number of children with upper and lower extremity injuries was as follows ; upper extremity injuries [pre-COVID-19: 8546 (569.73 ± 139.45) ; COVID-19: 7351 (490.07 ± 171.81)], lower extremity injuries [pre-COVID-19: 6474 (431.60 ± 80.98) ; COVID-19: 4868 (324.53 ± 135.42)]. The total percentage change for upper extremity injuries was -13.98%, while for the lower extremities it was -24.80%. The total number of operations, due to strict measures and reduction of the elective program, decreased statistically significantly in the COVID-19 period [185.47 ± 33.09 -> 115.60 ± 23.57 (p <0.0001)]. The total percentage change was -37.67%. It is interesting to note that the overall percentage change for surgical treatment of fractures increased by 0.6%. There is no doubt that COVID-19 affected the number of examinations in the emergency department, but the number of emergency operations did not change significantly. This clearly indicates that conditions that required surgical treatment were adequately treated, without an increase in the number of complications due to a possible delay in arriving at the emergency department.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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