BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)has a major influence on all parts of society.AIM To examine the consequences of the national lockdown and political initiatives during the first surge of the COVID-19 pand...BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)has a major influence on all parts of society.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.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).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.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.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)has a major influence on all parts of society.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.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).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.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.
