Open AccessPattern of pediatric trauma during covid-19 pandemic lockdown in Multan.
Author(s) -
Mahreen Zahra,
Muhammad Kashif,
Ikramullah Khan,
Mateullah Majid
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2020.27.12.4795
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , emergency medicine , medical emergency , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , pediatrics , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Objectives: To determine the pattern of pediatric trauma during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Multan. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Departments of Pediatric Emergency Two Major Hospitals of Multan. Period: 15th March 2020 till 30th April 2020. Material & Methods: A total of 231 patients were included in the study. Data on age, sex, mechanism and pattern of injury, severity of injury, body area involved and rural/urban housing was collected on a predesigned performa. Descriptive statistics were run using SPSS version 20. Results: Out of 231 patients, 168 (72.7%) were male with the mean age of 6.01 years± 3.02. Most of the injuries noted were fall (64.9%) followed by burn (12.98%), hit by some heavy object (11.72%) and stab (7.8%). Road side accidents were the least (2.6%) common. There was no report of sexual abuse in children during this pandemic lockdown in Multan. Life threatening injuries were reported in 8.66% and 90% of the injuries were non-life or limb threatening. Regarding body area involved, head injuries remained the most common (37.23%) followed by limb injuries (35.50%) and the abdomen was the least common body area involved. Conclusion: It is concluded that during pandemic lock down most of the pediatric trauma is not severe and is still avoidable by increase public awareness programs regarding home safety and resource allocation.