Trend differences in cervical spinal cord injuries before and after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

IF 0.7 Q4 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Spinal Cord Series and Cases Pub Date : 2024-04-10 DOI:10.1038/s41394-024-00633-6

Hirotaka Fukushima, Chikara Ushiku, Shoshi Akiyama, Shinji Saito, Hiroki Wakiya, Kenji Okuno, Mitsuru Saito

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Abstract

Study design

Cross-Sectional Study.

Objectives

To investigate the changes in the characteristics of cervical spinal cord injuries (CSCI) before and after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic among patients transported to our hospital in Japan.

Setting

Hospital with an emergency center in Chiba, Japan.

Methods

Patients eligible for the study were those transported within 24 h of injury and diagnosed with cervical spinal cord injury between January 2018 and December 2021 at our hospital. Medical records were retrospectively examined to investigate the number and characteristics of patients with CSCI. The clinical variables of patients with CSCI were compared according to the time of admission as related to the COVID-19 pandemic: 2018-19 (before) or 2020-21 (after).

Results

The total number of patients with CSCI from 2018 to 2021 was 108, with 57 before the COVID-19 pandemic and 51 after the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of severe cases with an injury severity score (ISS) of >16 decreased after COVID-19 (p < 0.05). Falls on level surfaces were the most common cause of injury both before and after COVID-19. Although the ranking of traffic accidents decreased after COVID-19, among those, the number of bicycle injuries tended to increase.

Conclusions

The number of serious cases with an ISS > 16 decreased, presumably because of the decline in high-energy trauma due to the background decrease in the number of traffic accidents.

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研究设计横断面研究.Objections To investigate the changes in the characteristics of cervical spinal cord injuries (CSCI) before and after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic among patients transported to our hospital in Japan.SettingHospital with an emergency center in Chiba, Japan.MethodsPatients eligible to the study were those transported within 24 h of injury and diagnosed with cervical spinal cord injury between January 2018 and December 2021 at our hospital.研究方法符合研究条件的患者是在我院2018年1月至2021年12月期间受伤后24小时内转运并被诊断为颈脊髓损伤的患者。通过回顾性研究病历，调查了CSCI患者的数量和特征。根据与COVID-19大流行相关的入院时间：2018-19年（之前）或2020-21年（之后），对CSCI患者的临床变量进行比较。结果2018年至2021年的CSCI患者总数为108例，其中57例在COVID-19大流行之前，51例在COVID-19大流行之后。受伤严重程度评分（ISS）为>16的重症病例数量在COVID-19大流行后有所减少（p< 0.05）。在 COVID-19 之前和之后，在平地摔倒是最常见的受伤原因。虽然 COVID-19 后交通事故的排名有所下降，但其中自行车受伤的数量却呈上升趋势。结论 ISS 为 16 分的严重病例数量有所下降，这可能是由于交通事故数量下降导致高能量创伤减少。

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