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Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
Print version ISSN 2225-5109On-line version ISSN 2227-4731
Abstract
SAM,, Aída Vásquez Yap; PADILLA, Érika Bravo and SEDANO, César Medrano. Clinical epidemiological characteristics of patients with burns before and during the covid 19 pandemic at the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño San Borja. Rev. Cuerpo Med. HNAAA [online]. 2023, vol.16, n.1, pp.78-82. Epub Mar 27, 2023. ISSN 2225-5109. http://dx.doi.org/10.35434/rcmhnaaa.2023.161.1661.
Objective:
To compare the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of patients with burns before and during the COVID-19 pandemic treated at the “Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño San Borja” .
The study:
Analytical, retrospective study. Patients treated at the INSNSB, during the periods from March to December 2019 and 2020. Data were collected from medical records. For statistical, the SPSS v25 program (95% CI) was used.
Findings:
139 patients were analyzed in each period. 60.4% and 76.3% of patients came from Lima, before and during the pandemic, respectively; The most frequent level of education of the responsible family member was high school (42.3% and 58.2%). Also, minor burns showed an increase before and during the pandemic (49.9% and 61%).
Conclusions:
Significant changes were observed in the origin, degree of the responsible family member and the severity of burn between both periods.
Keywords : Burns; Burn Units; COVID-19.
