Abstract

PEDRO MARAUDE, Antonio E; LUNA, Melina  and  ZECCHINI, Lorena. Traumatología infantil y COVID-19. Experiencias en pandemia desde Córdoba, Argentina. Rev. Asoc. Argent. Ortop. Traumatol. [online]. 2021, vol.86, n.1, pp.122-129. ISSN 1852-7434.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2021.86.1.1147.

Introduction: Coronavirus disease spreads rapidly, which leads to an increased demand for health services. Such services must be adapted accordingly. Our aim is to provide a general vision on the way these circumstances affect our practice, based on our experience and remarking the positive aspects as well as those which need to change in the future. Materials and Methods: A record was kept of the daily number of consultations, age of the patient, gender, trauma history, place of injury, reason for consultation, diagnosis and treatment. These data were contrasted with the records for the different quarantine phases and with the records for the same period of 2019. Results: The number of consultations amounts to 120, the number of surgeries amounts to 33, and 185 emergency room consultations were carried out, 160 of them with trauma patients. The most frequent place of injury was the home (56.25%). 30% of the injuries were wrist fractures and 28.8% were supracondylar fractures. The number of patients increased over quarantine flexibilization. Conclusion: Fast adaptation is fundamental. Common fractures occur even during quarantine, as well as infections. Professionals should avoid neglecting unpostponable attention to patients with a chronic condition.

Keywords : Pediatric orthopedic; COVID-19; pediatric trauma; quarantine; fractures.

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