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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and traumatological care in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has significantly affected society, especially healthcare systems worldwide. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and trauma healthcare at the largest university hospital in the Czech Republic. The ev...
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author | Fulin, Petr Daniel, Matej Walder, Jiri Grzelecki, Dariusz Pokorny, David |
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description | The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has significantly affected society, especially healthcare systems worldwide. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and trauma healthcare at the largest university hospital in the Czech Republic. The evaluated periods were in accordance with three waves of the disease and three respective lockdowns. To correlate the results, we evaluated the number of patients (inpatients and outpatients) treated in the same period in the last 3 years before the pandemic. The number of orthopaedic outpatients during the lockdown period decreased by 54.12% (p = 0.002), 42.88% (p <0.001), and 34.53% (p = 0.03) in the first, second, and third lockdowns, respectively. The number of elective surgeries decreased by 69.01% (p <0.001), 87.57% (p <0.001), and 74.89% (p = 0.007) and the number of acute surgeries decreased by 33.15% (p = 0.002), 37.46% (p <0.001), and 27.24% (p = 0.034) in the first, second, and third lockdowns, respectively. This study showed a significant reduction in the healthcare of orthopaedic and trauma patients owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasised the shortcomings of the healthcare system. In our study, there was a reduction in both outpatient (reduction of care by 24–54%) and inpatient care. The elective surgeries were reduced by 69–87% during different lockdown periods compared with the reference period. Based on the results of this study, we can formulate organisational measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on orthopaedic healthcare. Organisational procedures created based on acquired data and experience should maximise the bed capacity of the workplace and work efficiency with regard to the safety of medical staff. |
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spelling | pubmed-91658382022-06-05 Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and traumatological care in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic Fulin, Petr Daniel, Matej Walder, Jiri Grzelecki, Dariusz Pokorny, David PLoS One Research Article The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has significantly affected society, especially healthcare systems worldwide. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and trauma healthcare at the largest university hospital in the Czech Republic. The evaluated periods were in accordance with three waves of the disease and three respective lockdowns. To correlate the results, we evaluated the number of patients (inpatients and outpatients) treated in the same period in the last 3 years before the pandemic. The number of orthopaedic outpatients during the lockdown period decreased by 54.12% (p = 0.002), 42.88% (p <0.001), and 34.53% (p = 0.03) in the first, second, and third lockdowns, respectively. The number of elective surgeries decreased by 69.01% (p <0.001), 87.57% (p <0.001), and 74.89% (p = 0.007) and the number of acute surgeries decreased by 33.15% (p = 0.002), 37.46% (p <0.001), and 27.24% (p = 0.034) in the first, second, and third lockdowns, respectively. This study showed a significant reduction in the healthcare of orthopaedic and trauma patients owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasised the shortcomings of the healthcare system. In our study, there was a reduction in both outpatient (reduction of care by 24–54%) and inpatient care. The elective surgeries were reduced by 69–87% during different lockdown periods compared with the reference period. Based on the results of this study, we can formulate organisational measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on orthopaedic healthcare. Organisational procedures created based on acquired data and experience should maximise the bed capacity of the workplace and work efficiency with regard to the safety of medical staff. Public Library of Science 2022-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9165838/ /pubmed/35657800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269164 Text en © 2022 Fulin et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Fulin, Petr Daniel, Matej Walder, Jiri Grzelecki, Dariusz Pokorny, David Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and traumatological care in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic |
title | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and traumatological care in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic |
title_full | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and traumatological care in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic |
title_fullStr | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and traumatological care in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and traumatological care in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic |
title_short | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and traumatological care in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic |
title_sort | impact of the covid-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and traumatological care in prague, the capital of the czech republic |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9165838/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35657800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269164 |
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