Early Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Burn Injuries, Admissions, and Care in a Statewide Burn Service

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI:10.3390/ebj3030039

Lincoln M. Tracy, C. Lo, H. Cleland, W. Teague, B. Gabbe

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Abstract

Anecdotal evidence from specialist burn clinicians suggested patient numbers and workloads increased during lockdown periods. This study aimed to describe the impact of the early COVID-19-related public health control measures (i.e., lockdowns) on burn injuries, hospital admissions, and care in a statewide burn service. We examined admissions data from The Victorian Adult Burns Service (located at the Alfred Hospital) and the Royal Children’s Hospital Burns Service—both of which contribute to the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand—during lockdown periods between March and October 2020, compared to the same periods in previous years. There were 714 patients admitted during the control period and 186 during the COVID-19 period. Burns sustained during COVID-19 lockdowns were larger in size. During COVID-19 lockdowns a greater proportion of patients were admitted to intensive care. Although the number of burn-related admissions did not increase during lockdowns, burn injuries that did occur were more severe (i.e., affected a greater percentage of body surface area). These more severe injuries placed an additional and significant burden on an already strained healthcare system. Future public health messaging should include prevention information to minimize the number of injuries occurring during lockdowns and other responses.

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COVID-19大流行对全州烧伤服务的烧伤、入院和护理的早期影响

来自烧伤专科临床医生的轶事证据表明，在封锁期间，患者数量和工作量增加。本研究旨在描述早期与covid -19相关的公共卫生控制措施(即封锁)对全州烧伤服务中烧伤、住院和护理的影响。与前几年同期相比，我们检查了2020年3月至10月期间维多利亚州成人烧伤服务中心(位于阿尔弗雷德医院)和皇家儿童医院烧伤服务中心的入院数据，这两个机构都为澳大利亚和新西兰的烧伤登记处做出了贡献。对照组入院714例，新冠肺炎期间入院186例。在COVID-19封锁期间持续的烧伤规模更大。在COVID-19封锁期间，更大比例的患者被送入重症监护病房。虽然在封锁期间与烧伤相关的入院人数没有增加，但确实发生的烧伤更严重(即影响体表面积的百分比更大)。这些更严重的伤害给本已紧张的医疗保健系统带来了额外的重大负担。未来的公共卫生信息应包括预防信息，以尽量减少在封锁和其他应对期间发生的伤害数量。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.