key: cord-0702871-ebugot67
authors: Farroha, Azzam
title: Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on burns epidemiology
date: 2020-05-29
journal: Burns
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2020.05.022
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doc_id: 702871
cord_uid: ebugot67

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regional burn centre for adults during 23 rd March -6 th May 2000 where the government imposed the lockdowns to the incidence reported during 23 rd March -6 th May 2019.

The number of burn cases reported to our emergency department was decreased by 33% during this lockdown period and the number of cases referred from other healthcare facilities to our centre was decreased by 42%.

There was 50% decrease in numbers of patients admitted to the burns ward. While the number of patients required burn intensive care admission was the same; and there was no mortality during these two periods in both years. Although we were prepared for COVID-19 positive cases, there was no burn case admitted with positive test result. Also, there was no patient admitted with self-inflicted burns during this lockdown period, while there was two in previous period.

During this lockdown, 75% of incidents occurred at home and 25% at work. While in 2019 period, 59% of incidents occurred at home, 13% at work and 28% at other places. Most of the patients admitted during this lockdown were males (75%), while males were only 46% in 2019 period. The age range remained the same (16 -96 years) in both years. About 70% of patients sustained burns of less than 5%TBSA in both time periods. During the lockdown period, the causes of burn injuries in admitted patients were flame (56%), contact (6%) and scald (38%). There were flame burns (44%), scald (34%) and chemical burns (22%) in 2019 period.

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