Increased Burn Center Admissions During COVID-19 Pandemic

St Andrew’s COVID-19 surgery safety (StACS) study: The Burns Centre experience

“…Of the relevant manuscripts, 4 were written as full length journal articles, and 10 were “Letters to the Editor” regarding various aspects of burn care during the pandemic. Geographical distribution of articles reflected the global nature of the pandemic, with publications from the UK (4) [ [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] ], mainland Europe (3) [ [27] , [28] , [29] ], USA (2) [ 30 , 31 ], China (2) [ 12 , 32 ], Malaysia (1) [ 33 ], India (1) [ 34 ], and one article with intercontinental authorship [ 35 ].…”

The Impact of COVID-19 on Burn Care at a Major Regional Burn Center

“…Williams et al 4 and Greenhalgh 5 described increased burn center admissions, while Kruchevsky described decreased admissions overall, but increased levels in the pediatric and female demographic categories. 3 Keays et al 6 showed a remarkable reduction in traumatic injuries presenting to Montreal Children’s Hospital, Canada.…”

Increased admissions and hospitalizations to pediatric burn center during COVID 19 pandemic

“…In conclusion, all kind of trauma except burns in children decreased during the first three months of pandemic and the increased admissions and hospitalizations of pediatric burns is going on, therefore all burn care staffs must be ready this situation with taking high preventive measures against COVID-19 [1] , [2] .…”

“…Since the COVID-19 pandemics begin, our personal and professional lives significantly have altered [1] . During last 4 months, majority of children under 18 yrs-old population were under “stay at home” orders in Turkey.…”