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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of severe burns: A single center study from a specialized burn center in Vienna

INTRODUCTION: Currently, very little detailed information on the epidemiological distribution and specificities of severely burned patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is available. This retrospective study aims to describe and compare this specific patient population bas...

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Autores principales: Christ, Alexandra, Staud, Clement J., Wielscher, Matthias, Resch, Annika, Teufelsbauer, Maryana, Radtke, Christine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36757443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-022-02149-1
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author Christ, Alexandra
Staud, Clement J.
Wielscher, Matthias
Resch, Annika
Teufelsbauer, Maryana
Radtke, Christine
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Staud, Clement J.
Wielscher, Matthias
Resch, Annika
Teufelsbauer, Maryana
Radtke, Christine
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description INTRODUCTION: Currently, very little detailed information on the epidemiological distribution and specificities of severely burned patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is available. This retrospective study aims to describe and compare this specific patient population based on 114 patients who were treated between March 2019 and March 2021 at the Center for Severe Burn Injuries at the Medical University of Vienna. METHODS: To answer the research questions, a retrospective cohort study has been conducted over a period of 24 months, starting in March 2019 and ending in March 2021. To evaluate the epidemiological differences, the patients were divided into 2 observation periods of 12 months each. RESULTS: In the period from 12 March 2020 to 11 March 2021, a total of 62 patients were admitted to the Center for Severe Burn Injuries. In comparison, only 52 patients were admitted in the same period of the previous year, which corresponds to an increase of 19.2%. In addition, it was noted that during the 2019–2020 observation period, 27% of patients were female and 73% male, whereas during the pandemic the gender distribution was 42% female and only 58% male. During the pre-pandemic observational period, 13 out of 52 patients admitted died (25%), whereas during the pandemic, 17 out of 62 patients succumbed to their injuries (27%). CONCLUSION: Although the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be decreasing, especially due to the increasing availability of vaccines, there is a need for more data on the impact of the crisis on severely burned patients. In contrast to the current literature, we have seen a greater number of inpatient admissions to the Center for Severe Burn Injuries, as well as significant differences in gender distribution. Our data also suggest that the circumstances of the pandemic have no influence on the likelihood of survival for patients with severe burns.
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spelling pubmed-99096502023-02-09 Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of severe burns: A single center study from a specialized burn center in Vienna Christ, Alexandra Staud, Clement J. Wielscher, Matthias Resch, Annika Teufelsbauer, Maryana Radtke, Christine Wien Klin Wochenschr Original Article INTRODUCTION: Currently, very little detailed information on the epidemiological distribution and specificities of severely burned patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is available. This retrospective study aims to describe and compare this specific patient population based on 114 patients who were treated between March 2019 and March 2021 at the Center for Severe Burn Injuries at the Medical University of Vienna. METHODS: To answer the research questions, a retrospective cohort study has been conducted over a period of 24 months, starting in March 2019 and ending in March 2021. To evaluate the epidemiological differences, the patients were divided into 2 observation periods of 12 months each. RESULTS: In the period from 12 March 2020 to 11 March 2021, a total of 62 patients were admitted to the Center for Severe Burn Injuries. In comparison, only 52 patients were admitted in the same period of the previous year, which corresponds to an increase of 19.2%. In addition, it was noted that during the 2019–2020 observation period, 27% of patients were female and 73% male, whereas during the pandemic the gender distribution was 42% female and only 58% male. During the pre-pandemic observational period, 13 out of 52 patients admitted died (25%), whereas during the pandemic, 17 out of 62 patients succumbed to their injuries (27%). CONCLUSION: Although the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be decreasing, especially due to the increasing availability of vaccines, there is a need for more data on the impact of the crisis on severely burned patients. In contrast to the current literature, we have seen a greater number of inpatient admissions to the Center for Severe Burn Injuries, as well as significant differences in gender distribution. Our data also suggest that the circumstances of the pandemic have no influence on the likelihood of survival for patients with severe burns. Springer Vienna 2023-02-09 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9909650/ /pubmed/36757443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-022-02149-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Christ, Alexandra
Staud, Clement J.
Wielscher, Matthias
Resch, Annika
Teufelsbauer, Maryana
Radtke, Christine
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of severe burns: A single center study from a specialized burn center in Vienna
title Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of severe burns: A single center study from a specialized burn center in Vienna
title_full Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of severe burns: A single center study from a specialized burn center in Vienna
title_fullStr Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of severe burns: A single center study from a specialized burn center in Vienna
title_full_unstemmed Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of severe burns: A single center study from a specialized burn center in Vienna
title_short Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of severe burns: A single center study from a specialized burn center in Vienna
title_sort impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of severe burns: a single center study from a specialized burn center in vienna
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36757443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-022-02149-1
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