Clinical epidemiological characteristics of patients with burns before and during the covid 19 pandemic at the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño San borja

de Vásquez Yap Sam A.F.; Bravo Padilla É.S.; Medrano Sedano C.S. · Revista del Cuerpo Medico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo (2023) · DOI: 10.35434/rcmhnaaa.2023.161.1661

Resumen

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. Esta obra está bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional.