Association of COVID-19 ‘circuit breaker’ with higher rates of elderly trauma admissions
| Title: | Association of COVID-19 ‘circuit breaker’ with higher rates of elderly trauma admissions |
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| Authors: | Yee Har Liew, Zhenghong Liu, Mian Jie Lim, Pei Leng Chong, Norhayati Bte Mohamed Jainodin, Teng Teng Peh, Jing Jing Chan, Sachin Mathur, Jeremy Choon Peng Wee |
| Source: | Singapore Medical Journal, Vol 66, Iss 2, Pp 91-96 (2025) |
| Publisher Information: | Wolters Kluwer – Medknow Publications, 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: | falls, lockdown, pandemic, Medicine |
| More Details: | Introduction: In December 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) virus emerged and caused a worldwide pandemic, leading to measures being imposed by many countries to reduce its transmission. Singapore implemented the ‘circuit breaker’, which restricted all movements except for access to necessities and healthcare services. We aimed to investigate the impact of lockdown measures on the pattern of trauma and its effects. Methods: An observational, retrospective, single-centre descriptive study was conducted using the trauma registry in Singapore General Hospital. It included patients above 18 years old who presented to the emergency department with trauma and were subsequently admitted. Patients admitted from 1 February 2020 to 31 July 2020 and those admitted during the same timeframe in 2019 were studied. Subgroup analyses were performed for patients aged ≥65 years and those |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0037-5675 2737-5935 |
| Relation: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2021-411; https://doaj.org/toc/0037-5675; https://doaj.org/toc/2737-5935 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2021-411 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/3c22660dc2614df5a7aed225b0467745 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.3c22660dc2614df5a7aed225b0467745 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 00375675 27375935 |
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| DOI: | 10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2021-411 |
| Published in: | Singapore Medical Journal |
| Language: | English |