在南非西开普省的COVID封锁期间,电气烧伤的增加,南非
Tamlyn MacQuene1, Wayne Kleintjes2, Willa Nieuwoudt3
1Centre for Global Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
概括
在Covid封锁期间,南非的电气烧伤显著增加,可能是由于与经济困难相关的电缆盗窃增加. 需要进一步的研究来理解这一趋势,以便在未来做好准备.
科学领域:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 南非严厉的Covid-19封锁与经济衰退和留在家中的政策相吻合.
- 这些社会变化可能影响了烧伤损伤模式.
- 这项研究检查了COVID封锁期间之前和期间的烧伤入院情况.
研究的目的:
- 为了分析入住第三级医院的烧伤体积和类型的变化.
- 为了调查烧伤病因与Covid大流行期间之间的关联.
- 为了确定潜在的社会经济因素影响在封锁期间燃烧模式.
主要方法:
- 追溯研究设计比较了2019年4月至2020年3月 (COVID前) 和2020年4月至2021年3月 (COVID期间) 的燃烧数据.
- 对患者人口统计,烧伤病因和临床结果的分析.
- 后勤回归建模来评估烧伤原因和Covid时期之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 总共分析了544起烧伤;53.3%发生在Covid期间.
- 在Covid期间,电烧的比例几乎翻了一番 (67.7%对32.3%).
- 在Covid期间,火焰烧伤,电烧伤以及涉及付费患者的病例的可能性明显增加.
结论:
- 在COVID封锁期间,电气烧伤增加了两倍,可能与增加的电缆和铜盗窃有关.
- 这种现象与在其他环境中观察到的经济困难是一致的.
- 需要进一步的调查,以告知燃烧中心对未来的流行病和经济挑战的准备.
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