The Impact of COVID-19 on Patterns of Fractures Presenting to Pediatric Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine differences in pediatric fracture prevalence, severity, and mechanisms of injury before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This is a subanalysis of data from a multicenter, cross-sectional study of all injury-related visits to 40 urban pediatric emergency departments (EDs) for children younger than 18 years occurring January 2019-December 2020. ED visits for injuries including fractures were identified by International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes. Comparative analyses of patient demographics, fracture prevalence, severity, and mechanisms of injury for March 17, 2019, to December 31, 2019 (pre-COVID), versus March 15, 2020, to December 31, 2020 (during COVID), were performed.

Results

Fracture-related visits comprised 21.

SUBMITTER: Ruest SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11693463 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature