Impact of “Stay-at-Home” orders on non-accidental trauma: A multi-institutional study

It is unclear how Stay-at-Home Orders (SHO) of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the welfare of children and rates of non-accidental trauma (NAT). We hypothesized that NAT would initially decrease during the SHO as children did not have access to mandatory reporters, and then increase as physicians’ of...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric surgery 2022-06, Vol.57 (6), p.1062-1066
Main Authors: Collings, Amelia T., Farazi, Manzur, Van Arendonk, Kyle, Fallat, Mary E., Minneci, Peter C., Sato, Thomas T., Speck, K. Elizabeth, Deans, Katherine J., Falcone, Richard A., Foley, David S., Fraser, Jason D., Keller, Martin S., Kotagal, Meera, Landman, Matthew P., Leys, Charles M., Markel, Troy, Rubalcava, Nathan, St Peter, Shawn D., Flynn-O'Brien, Katherine T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Child abuse
Child Abuse - diagnosis
Child, Preschool
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
Humans
Non-accidental trauma
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pediatric trauma
Retrospective Studies
Trauma Centers
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Summary:It is unclear how Stay-at-Home Orders (SHO) of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the welfare of children and rates of non-accidental trauma (NAT). We hypothesized that NAT would initially decrease during the SHO as children did not have access to mandatory reporters, and then increase as physicians’ offices and schools reopened. A multicenter study evaluating patients
ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.01.056