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Evaluating Changes in Trauma Epidemiology during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Insights and Implications for Public Health and Disaster Preparedness

The COVID-19 pandemic demanded changes in healthcare systems worldwide. The lockdown brought about difficulties in healthcare access. However, trauma still required further attention considering its modifications. The presented study aims to investigate the variances in epidemiological patterns of t...

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Autores principales: Jojczuk, Mariusz, Pawlikowski, Jakub, Kamiński, Piotr, Głuchowski, Dariusz, Naylor, Katarzyna, Gajewski, Jakub, Karpiński, Robert, Krakowski, Przemysław, Jonak, Józef, Nogalski, Adam, Czerwiński, Dariusz
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10486767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37685470
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11172436
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author Jojczuk, Mariusz
Pawlikowski, Jakub
Kamiński, Piotr
Głuchowski, Dariusz
Naylor, Katarzyna
Gajewski, Jakub
Karpiński, Robert
Krakowski, Przemysław
Jonak, Józef
Nogalski, Adam
Czerwiński, Dariusz
author_facet Jojczuk, Mariusz
Pawlikowski, Jakub
Kamiński, Piotr
Głuchowski, Dariusz
Naylor, Katarzyna
Gajewski, Jakub
Karpiński, Robert
Krakowski, Przemysław
Jonak, Józef
Nogalski, Adam
Czerwiński, Dariusz
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description The COVID-19 pandemic demanded changes in healthcare systems worldwide. The lockdown brought about difficulties in healthcare access. However, trauma still required further attention considering its modifications. The presented study aims to investigate the variances in epidemiological patterns of trauma during the lockdown and the previous year, with a view to better understand the modifications in healthcare provision. The authors analyzed data from the first lockdown in 2020 (12 March–30 May) and the same period in 2019 from 35 hospitals in Lublin Province. A total of 10,806 patients in 2019 and 5212 patients in 2020 were included in the research. The uncovered changes adhered to the total admissions and mortality rate, the frequency of injuries in particular body regions, and injury mechanisms. The lockdown period resulted in a reduction in trauma, requiring an altered approach to healthcare provision. Our research indicates that the altered approach facilitated during such periods is essential for delivering tailored help to trauma patients.
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spelling pubmed-104867672023-09-09 Evaluating Changes in Trauma Epidemiology during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Insights and Implications for Public Health and Disaster Preparedness Jojczuk, Mariusz Pawlikowski, Jakub Kamiński, Piotr Głuchowski, Dariusz Naylor, Katarzyna Gajewski, Jakub Karpiński, Robert Krakowski, Przemysław Jonak, Józef Nogalski, Adam Czerwiński, Dariusz Healthcare (Basel) Article The COVID-19 pandemic demanded changes in healthcare systems worldwide. The lockdown brought about difficulties in healthcare access. However, trauma still required further attention considering its modifications. The presented study aims to investigate the variances in epidemiological patterns of trauma during the lockdown and the previous year, with a view to better understand the modifications in healthcare provision. The authors analyzed data from the first lockdown in 2020 (12 March–30 May) and the same period in 2019 from 35 hospitals in Lublin Province. A total of 10,806 patients in 2019 and 5212 patients in 2020 were included in the research. The uncovered changes adhered to the total admissions and mortality rate, the frequency of injuries in particular body regions, and injury mechanisms. The lockdown period resulted in a reduction in trauma, requiring an altered approach to healthcare provision. Our research indicates that the altered approach facilitated during such periods is essential for delivering tailored help to trauma patients. MDPI 2023-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10486767/ /pubmed/37685470 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11172436 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Pawlikowski, Jakub
Kamiński, Piotr
Głuchowski, Dariusz
Naylor, Katarzyna
Gajewski, Jakub
Karpiński, Robert
Krakowski, Przemysław
Jonak, Józef
Nogalski, Adam
Czerwiński, Dariusz
Evaluating Changes in Trauma Epidemiology during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Insights and Implications for Public Health and Disaster Preparedness
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title_full Evaluating Changes in Trauma Epidemiology during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Insights and Implications for Public Health and Disaster Preparedness
title_fullStr Evaluating Changes in Trauma Epidemiology during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Insights and Implications for Public Health and Disaster Preparedness
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating Changes in Trauma Epidemiology during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Insights and Implications for Public Health and Disaster Preparedness
title_short Evaluating Changes in Trauma Epidemiology during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Insights and Implications for Public Health and Disaster Preparedness
title_sort evaluating changes in trauma epidemiology during the covid-19 lockdown: insights and implications for public health and disaster preparedness
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10486767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37685470
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11172436
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