@article{ref1,
title="Effect of COVID-19 on epidemiological characteristics of road traffic injuries in Suzhou: a retrospective study",
journal="BMC emergency medicine",
year="2021",
author="Huang, Wenjuan and Lin, Qi and Xu, Feng and Chen, Du",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="88-88",
abstract="BACKGROUND: To present the new trends in epidemiology of road traffic injuries (RTIs) during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Suzhou. <br><br>METHODS: Pre-hospital records of RTIs from January to May in 2020 and the same period in 2019 were obtained from the database of Suzhou pre-hospital emergency center, Jiangsu, China. Data were extracted for analysis, including demographic characteristics, pre-hospital vital signs, transport, shock index, consciousness, pre-hospital death. A retrospective study comparing epidemiological characteristics of RTIs in Suzhou during the 5-month period in 2020 to the parallel period in 2019 was performed. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 7288 RTIs in 2020 and 8869 in 2019 met inclusion criteria. The overall volume of RTIs has statistical difference between the 2 years (p < 0.001), with fewer RTIs in 2020 compared with 2019. Electric bicycle related RTIs increased during the pandemic (2641, 36.24% vs 2380, 26.84%, p < 0.001), with a higher incidence of RTIs with disorder of consciousness (DOC) (7.22% vs 6.13%, p = 0.006). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Under the impact of COVID-19, the total number of RTIs in Suzhou from January to May 2020 decreased. This observation was coupled with a rise in electric bicycle related injuries and an increase in the incidence of RTIs with DOC.  Keywords: CoViD-19-Road-Traffic <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-227X",
doi="10.1186/s12873-021-00483-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00483-7"
}