Publication date: Jan 15, 2025
This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the characteristics and outcomes of patients with burns in a burn centre situated in Northwest China. A retrospective descriptive study. This study was conducted in Tangdu Hospital, a major regional burn centre in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province of China. A total of 1413 patients with burns were included in the study, with the admission period spanning from 2017 to 2019 (before the pandemic) and 2020 to 2022 (during the pandemic). Burn hospitalisations decreased during the pandemic for both children (9. 80%) and adults (24. 68%). The pandemic was associated with a decrease in work-related burns and a corresponding increase in the risk of domestic burns (both p
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disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |