The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Burn Admissions at a Major Metropolitan Burn Center

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The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on admission patterns and outcomes at a burn center is still largely unknown. The aim of this study was to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the epidemiology of burn admissions at a major metropolitan burn center. This retrospective cohort study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected burn volumes and time to presentation. All burn admissions were included from January 20 to August 31 for the years 2020, 2019, and 2018. The COVID-19 pandemic group included admissions from January 20, 2020 to August 31, 2020 and was compared to the nonpandemic group comprised of admissions from January 20 to August 31 in 2018 and 2019. Subgroup analysis was performed according to meaningful dates during the COVID-19 pandemic including the first U.S. COVID-19 case, shelter-in-place, and state reopening orders. Admission volumes were 403 patients in the COVID-19 pandemic group compared to a mean of 429 patients in the nonpandemic group, which correlated to a 5.8% decrease in volume during the pandemic. The pandemic group showed an increase in time to presentation of 1 day (P

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Codner, J. A., De Ayala, R., Gayed, R. M., Lamphier, C. K., & Mittal, R. (2021). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Burn Admissions at a Major Metropolitan Burn Center. In Journal of Burn Care and Research (Vol. 42, pp. 1103–1109). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irab106

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