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Laura P, José A, Nikki A, Khaled A, Barret JP, Jeffery C, Shobha C, Jack CS, Scott C, Nadia D, Moustafa E, Liao J, Josef H, Briana H, Sunil K, Tetsuro K, Jorge LV, Gaoxing L, Hajime M, Ariel MA, Naiem M, Kiran N, Nawar A, Faustin N, Anthony O, Tom P, Liang Q, Man RS, Ingrid S, Ahmed T, Molina VLP, Shelley W, Mark F. Impact of COVID-19 on global burn care. Burns 2021; 48:1301-1310. [PMID: 34903416 PMCID: PMC8664090 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2021.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Background Worldwide, different strategies have been chosen to face the COVID-19-patient surge, often affecting access to health care for other patients. This observational study aimed to investigate whether the standard of burn care changed globally during the pandemic, and whether country´s income, geographical location, COVID-19-transmission pattern, and levels of specialization of the burn units affected reallocation of resources and access to burn care. Methods The Burn Care Survey is a questionnaire developed to collect information on the capacity to provide burn care by burn units around the world, before and during the pandemic. The survey was distributed between September and October 2020. McNemar`s test analyzed differences between services provided before and during the pandemic, χ2 or Fisher’s exact test differences between groups. Multivariable logistic regression analyzed the independent effect of different factors on keeping the burn units open during the pandemic. Results The survey was completed by 234 burn units in 43 countries. During the pandemic, presence of burn surgeons did not change (p = 0.06), while that of anesthetists and dedicated nursing staff was reduced (<0.01), and so did the capacity to manage patients in all age groups (p = 0.04). Use of telemedicine was implemented (p < 0.01), collaboration between burn centers was not. Burn units in LMICs and LICs were more likely to be closed, after adjustment for other factors. Conclusions During the pandemic, most burn units were open, although availability of standard resources diminished worldwide. The use of telemedicine increased, suggesting the implementation of new strategies to manage burns. Low income was independently associated with reduced access to burn care.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pompermaier Laura
- Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Burn Unit at Regional Hospital of North Wing, Brasília, Brazil
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- Pietermaritzburg Burn Service; Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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- Albabtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Alshuwaikh Specialist Health District, Alsabah Health Region, Kuwait
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- Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, University Hospital Vall d´Hebron, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Turin Burn Centre, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care 3, Cittá della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Tel-Aviv University, Derech Sheba 2, Ramat Gan, Tel-Aviv, Israel; National Burn Center, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Derech Sheba 2, Ramat Gan, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- National Burns Centre Airoli, Sector 13 Samarth Ramdas Swami Marg, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Defense Medicine, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
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- Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, Army (Third Military) Medical University, Chongoing, China
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Burns Centre, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Ln, Birmingham, UK; Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kirtipur Hospital, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Rwanda
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- Department of surgery, Federal Medical Centre Owo, Adekunle Ajasin Way, Owo, Ondo state, Nigeria
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- Centre for Global Burn Injury Policy & Research, Swansea University, Sketty, Wales, UK; Interburns, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kirtipur Hospital, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal; National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Burn and Plastic Surgery, Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Divisao de Cirurgia Plastica e Queimaduras, Hospital Das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Pietermaritzburg Burn Service; Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; DRILL Fellow: Developing Research, Innovation, Localization and Leadership, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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