Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on burns epidemiology

Farroha, Azzam

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2020.05.022

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“…Many authors from several countries have pointed out interesting changes in trends of burn epidemiology during the current COVID pandemic. Azzam farrohha 4 in his study showed that the incidence of burn injury decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic as is seen in the present study. Although he reported a 33% decrease whereas in the present study 11.17% decrease was found.…”

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Comparison of PRE and POST COVID-19 Pandemic burn statistics: Initial experience from Rawalian Burn Center, Holy Family Hospital, RMU, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Rashid¹

2021

JRMC

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Objectives: To determine the change in the trend of burn patient epidemiology after the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of frequency of burn injury and mortality rate.Material and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out at Rawalian burn center, Plastic Surgery Department, Holy Family Hospital RMU Rawalpindi from 1st March to 31st July over a period of 05 months. All burn patients reporting to the Rawalian burn center during the specified period were included in this study by consecutive sampling. Patients were mainly admitted from emergency and some from OPD following the standard admission, inclusion, and exclusion criteriaResults: Mean age of patients in the pre-COVID (Control) period March to July 2019 was 28.84 years with an SD of ±3.73. There were 63% females and 37% males. The total burn surface area range was 8-65% during this period. Whereas in the post-COVID period, March to July 2020 mean age of patients was 29.13 years with an SD of ±4.06. There were 60% females and 40% males. Whereas the total burn surface area range was 10-61% during this period. Frequency per month of burn injury progressively reduced to 58 patients and mortality rate to 1 in July 2020 (post-COVID period). The overall frequency of burn injury (n) during the control period was 367 patients whereas in the post-COVID period is reduced to 326 patients. So there was an 11.17% reduction as compared to the control period. A Chi-square test was applied and was found significant.Conclusion: Based on the current study it can be concluded that there is a progressive fall in frequency of burn injury and mortality rate during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as compared to the PRE-COVID period however further studies are needed to explore the cause of this falling trend.

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Comparison of PRE and POST COVID-19 Pandemic burn statistics: Initial experience from Rawalian Burn Center, Holy Family Hospital, RMU, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Rashid¹

2021

JRMC

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“…When analyzing the admissions, we saw a decrease in admissions by 41% compared with the same period in 2019 (39 patients in 2020, 66 burn patients in 2019, p < 0.001). Although reports from other pediatric burn centers showed an increase of admitted cases [ 4 ], our findings are more in accordance with adult centers communications [ 5 ]. The most surprising finding was that the number of moderate and severe burns (10–80% TBSA) was essentially the same (19 in 2020, 20 in 2019).…”

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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the activity of a pediatric burn center in Bucharest, Romania

Tatar

Enescu

2020

Burns

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“…Similarly, university hospital at Birmingham recorded 50% decrease in patients admitted to burn ward. 9 They observed no change in epidemiology of burns during pandemic with flame burns being the most common. They had no mortality, with 70% patients having TBSA of burns below 5%.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on Patient Trends and Outcome: Results from a Tertiary Care Burn and Plastic Unit in Northern India

Aggarwal

Srivastava

2021

Indian J Plast Surg

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Background Burn and trauma injuries need emergency care and resuscitation, which required uninterrupted delivery of inpatient care services during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Burn patients are physiologically immunocompromised, increasing the risk of COVID-19 infection in them. This study analyzes the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patient trends in a burn and plastic unit and assesses the effect of COVID-19 infection in burns. Methods This single-center, retrospective observational case–control study was conducted in the Department of Burns, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery of a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India. Patient data was collected from April 1, 2019 to August 10, 2019 and from April 1, 2020 to August 10, 2020. All data of burns and trauma patients collected was analyzed and compared. Results There were total 350 admissions during COVID time period and 562 admissions during non-COVID time period. The admission rate, type of burn injury, and death rate did not vary significantly during the two time periods. Thermal burn was the most common type of burn injury. There were total 18 cases diagnosed to be COVID-19 positive during the pandemic. There were two deaths among COVID-19 positive burn cases. Conclusion This study finds no difference in patient patterns during COVID and non-COVID time period. Amongst burn patients, no increased risk of COVID-19 infection is seen with larger body surface area of burns. No increase in mortality is seen in burn patients infected with COVID-19.

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Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on burns epidemiology

Cited by 36 publications

References 2 publications

Comparison of PRE and POST COVID-19 Pandemic burn statistics: Initial experience from Rawalian Burn Center, Holy Family Hospital, RMU, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Comparison of PRE and POST COVID-19 Pandemic burn statistics: Initial experience from Rawalian Burn Center, Holy Family Hospital, RMU, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the activity of a pediatric burn center in Bucharest, Romania

Impact of COVID-19 on Patient Trends and Outcome: Results from a Tertiary Care Burn and Plastic Unit in Northern India

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