儿童狗咬伤伤害趋势在COVID-19大流行期间
Paul T Menk1,2, E Melinda Mahabee-Gittens3, Stephanie Ruest4
1Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Pediatric emergency care
|March 21, 2025
概括
儿童犬咬伤在COVID-19大流行期间增加,头部,脸部或部受伤更多. 留在家里的命令可能影响了这些狗咬伤事件的趋势.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 儿科急救医学 儿科急救医学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,社会发生了前所未有的变化,包括在家里留守的命令.
- 了解这些变化对儿科伤害,特别是狗咬伤的影响,对公共卫生至关重要.
- 儿科急诊室 (PED) 作为监测伤害趋势的关键地点.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较在COVID-19大流行之前和期间在PED治疗的18岁以下患者中狗咬伤伤害的特征.
- 为了确定与大流行相关的儿科狗咬伤的人口和伤害模式转变.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及40名PEDs的横截面研究的子分析.
- 从2019年1月1日至2020年12月31日收集的数据,重点关注患有狗咬伤的ICD-10代码 (W54.0XXA) 的患者.
- 在大流行前 (2019年3月17日至12月31日) 和大流行期间 (2020年3月15日至12月31日) 的受伤病例比较.
主要成果:
- 在所有伤害中,狗咬伤的比例在疫情期间上升 (1.6%对1.1%).
- 在大流行期间,5-9岁的儿童占病例的比例更大.
- 狗咬伤的增加发生在白天,在疫情期间,入院率更高,头部,脸部或部受伤更多.
结论:
- 儿童狗咬伤在COVID-19大流行期间造成的伤害数量和比例显著增加.
- 流行病相关的因素,如停留在家的命令,可能影响了狗咬人的人口统计和时间.
- 观察到的头部,脸部或部伤害的增加和更高的入院率表明,在大流行期间,儿童犬咬伤的严重程度更高.
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