TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Epidemiology and incidence of paediatric orthopaedic trauma workload during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multicenter cohort study of 3171 patients
JO  - World J Orthop
A1  - Rasmussen, Morten Kjerri
A1  - Larsen, Peter
A1  - Rölfing, Jan Duedal
A1  - Kirkegaard, Bertram Lahn
A1  - Thorninger, Rikke
A1  - Elsoe, Rasmus
SP  - 70
EP  - 77
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a major influence on all parts of society. <br><br>AIM: To examine the consequences of the national lockdown and political initiatives during the first surge of the COVID-19 pandemic expressed by changes in incidences of musculoskeletal paediatric injuries. <br><br>METHODS: Study design was a retrospective multicenter cohort study. A 'pandemic' cohort was established from 16 March 2020 to 21 April 2020, where all institutions including day care and schools were closed. A 'pre-pandemic' cohort was established from the same period in 2019 for comparison. Included were all patients admitted at the emergency departments with paediatric musculoskeletal injuries (aged 0-15 years) identified by a relevant musculoskeletal ICD-10 diagnosis (DSxxx), concussions (DZ033D), or burns (DT2xx). <br><br>RESULTS: The 'pre-pandemic' cohort consisted of 2101 patients, and the 'pandemic' cohort consisted of 1070 patients, indicating a decrease of paediatric musculoskeletal injuries of 51%. The incidence of paediatric injury in the 'pre-pandemic' cohort was 10460/100000/year. In the 'pandemic' cohort, the incidence was 5344/100000/year. <br><br>CONCLUSION: A resource re-allocation to help serve the COVID-19 patients might be possible without reducing the level of care for injury-related paediatric patients.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2218-5836
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v13.i1.70
ID  - ref1
ER  -