The trauma burden on a tertiary surgical intensive care unit during the lockdown period in South Africa: A retrospective observational study

Background Trauma places a significant burden on scarce South African critical care resources. The impact of the lockdown period in 2020 on these resources has not been studied. Restrictions on citizen movement and alcohol sales during the lockdown period presented a unique time period to investigat...

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Published in:Trauma (London, England) England), 2022-10, Vol.24 (4), p.316-321
Main Authors: van Zyl, Albert GP, Ahmed, Nadiya, Davids, Ryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol
Intensive care
Length of stay
Observational studies
Patients
Sales
Trauma
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Summary:Background Trauma places a significant burden on scarce South African critical care resources. The impact of the lockdown period in 2020 on these resources has not been studied. Restrictions on citizen movement and alcohol sales during the lockdown period presented a unique time period to investigate the burden of trauma on a low–middle-income country tertiary hospital intensive care unit. Methods A retrospective observational analysis of all patients admitted to a tertiary hospital surgical intensive care unit during the lockdown period in 2020, compared to the same time period in 2019 and 2018. Data were analysed to detect if a significant difference was present in the number of trauma admissions, length of stay and mechanisms of trauma. Results A significant decrease in the number of trauma admissions to ICU in 2020 was observed as compared to 2018 and 2019 during the same period (p =
ISSN:1460-4086
1477-0350
DOI:10.1177/14604086211019163