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Abstract
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Dear Editors,
I wanted to share the observations concerning the changes in the number of patients admissions due to burns in Paediatric Trauma Centre in Wroclaw (Poland) in March 2020.
In March 2020, due to Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak the Polish government has introduced new measures requiring people to stay at home, except for very limited purposes. The schools and nursing schools has been closed. Most of the people started to work from home. Children stayed at home with parents. The interesting observation in the number of patients admitted due to burns in Paediatric Trauma Centre in Wroclaw (Poland) in March 2020 was made. Usually, the number of cases in March was lower than in February. This year, the number of cases was higher.
To confirm that the differences are not just subjective observation I decided to analyse the number of patients' admissions due to burns in Paediatric Trauma Centre in Wroclaw (Poland) in first quarter of the year in the last 5 years. The total of 1521 cases of patients admitted to in Paediatric Trauma Centre in Wroclaw (Poland) between January and March in the years 2016-2020 was included to the analysis. The statistical analysis performed with use Excel. The level of significance was p < 0.05.
The cases (1521) were divided into three groups: patients admitted due to burns, fractures and head injuries. Over the years 2016-2019 the following trends were observed: from January to March each year the number of children hospitalized due to burn was decreasing, while the number of children hospitalized due to bone fractures was increasing. No significant differences in the number of cases hospitalized due to head injuries were observed. In contrast, the number of burnt children hospitalized in our centre in March 2020 was almost 3 times higher...
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