TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Traumatic brain injury during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
JO  - Neurotrauma reports
A1  - Santing, Juliette A.L.
A1  - van den Brand, Crispijn L.
A1  - Jellema, Korné
SP  - 5
EP  - 7
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
N2  - Emergency departments (EDs) are eerily quiet for illnesses apart from COVID-19. In this short communication, we assessed the effect of COVID-19 on ED attendance rates for traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were collected from all consecutive patients with TBI attending our hospital (Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, The Netherlands) during the first 3 weeks of the Dutch lockdown (from March 18 to April 6) and for the same period last year. We observed a 36% decrease in ED attendance for TBI since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (91 vs. 143). Patients who presented during the lockdown were significantly older compared with the patients who visited the ED in the previous year (72 vs. 57, p = 0.01). No other significant differences were found.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2689-288X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neur.2020.0001
ID  - ref1
ER  -