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Trauma in Children during Lockdown for SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. A Brief Report

Purpose: The national lockdown established by the Italian government began on the 11th of March 2020 as a means to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections. The purpose of this brief report is to evaluate the effect of the national lockdown on the occurrence and characteristics of trauma in child...

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Autores principales: Dibello, Daniela, Salvemini, Marcella, Amati, Carlo, Colella, Antonio, Graziano, Giusi, Vicenti, Giovanni, Moretti, Biagio, Pederiva, Federica
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8700384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34943327
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8121131
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author Dibello, Daniela
Salvemini, Marcella
Amati, Carlo
Colella, Antonio
Graziano, Giusi
Vicenti, Giovanni
Moretti, Biagio
Pederiva, Federica
author_facet Dibello, Daniela
Salvemini, Marcella
Amati, Carlo
Colella, Antonio
Graziano, Giusi
Vicenti, Giovanni
Moretti, Biagio
Pederiva, Federica
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description Purpose: The national lockdown established by the Italian government began on the 11th of March 2020 as a means to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections. The purpose of this brief report is to evaluate the effect of the national lockdown on the occurrence and characteristics of trauma in children during lockdown. Methods: All children admitted to our paediatric orthopaedic unit with a diagnosis of fracture or trauma, including sprains and contusions, between 11 March 2020 and 11 April 2020, were retrospectively reviewed. Their demographic data, type of injury, anatomical location and need for hospitalisation were compared with the equivalent data of children admitted for trauma in the same period of 2018 and 2019. Results: Sixty-nine patients with trauma were admitted in 2020, with a significant decrease in comparison with 2019 (n = 261) and 2018 (n = 289) (p < 0.01). The patients were significantly younger, and the rate of fractures significantly increased in 2020 (p < 0.01). Conclusions: Home confinement decreased admissions to the emergency department for trauma by shutting down outdoor activities, schools and sports activities. However, the rate of fractures increased in comparison with minor trauma, involved younger children and had a worse prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-87003842021-12-24 Trauma in Children during Lockdown for SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. A Brief Report Dibello, Daniela Salvemini, Marcella Amati, Carlo Colella, Antonio Graziano, Giusi Vicenti, Giovanni Moretti, Biagio Pederiva, Federica Children (Basel) Brief Report Purpose: The national lockdown established by the Italian government began on the 11th of March 2020 as a means to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections. The purpose of this brief report is to evaluate the effect of the national lockdown on the occurrence and characteristics of trauma in children during lockdown. Methods: All children admitted to our paediatric orthopaedic unit with a diagnosis of fracture or trauma, including sprains and contusions, between 11 March 2020 and 11 April 2020, were retrospectively reviewed. Their demographic data, type of injury, anatomical location and need for hospitalisation were compared with the equivalent data of children admitted for trauma in the same period of 2018 and 2019. Results: Sixty-nine patients with trauma were admitted in 2020, with a significant decrease in comparison with 2019 (n = 261) and 2018 (n = 289) (p < 0.01). The patients were significantly younger, and the rate of fractures significantly increased in 2020 (p < 0.01). Conclusions: Home confinement decreased admissions to the emergency department for trauma by shutting down outdoor activities, schools and sports activities. However, the rate of fractures increased in comparison with minor trauma, involved younger children and had a worse prognosis. MDPI 2021-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8700384/ /pubmed/34943327 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8121131 Text en © 2021 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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Amati, Carlo
Colella, Antonio
Graziano, Giusi
Vicenti, Giovanni
Moretti, Biagio
Pederiva, Federica
Trauma in Children during Lockdown for SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. A Brief Report
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title_short Trauma in Children during Lockdown for SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. A Brief Report
title_sort trauma in children during lockdown for sars-cov-2 pandemic. a brief report
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8700384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34943327
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8121131
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