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Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
versión impresa ISSN 2225-5109versión On-line ISSN 2227-4731
Resumen
SAM,, Aída Vásquez Yap; PADILLA, Érika Bravo y 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 27-Mar-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.
Palabras clave : Burns; Burn Units; COVID-19.