Abstract
Objectives: To determine the pattern of pediatric trauma during COVID-19
pandemic lockdown in Multan. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Departments
of Pediatric Emergency Two Major Hospitals of Multan. Period: 15th March 2020 till 30th April
2020. Material & Methods: A total of 231 patients were included in the study. Data on age,
sex, mechanism and pattern of injury, severity of injury, body area involved and rural/urban
housing was collected on a predesigned performa. Descriptive statistics were run using SPSS
version 20. Results: Out of 231 patients, 168 (72.7%) were male with the mean age of 6.01
years± 3.02. Most of the injuries noted were fall (64.9%) followed by burn (12.98%), hit by some
heavy object (11.72%) and stab (7.8%). Road side accidents were the least (2.6%) common.
There was no report of sexual abuse in children during this pandemic lockdown in Multan.
Life threatening injuries were reported in 8.66% and 90% of the injuries were non-life or limb
threatening. Regarding body area involved, head injuries remained the most common (37.23%)
followed by limb injuries (35.50%) and the abdomen was the least common body area involved.
Conclusion: It is concluded that during pandemic lock down most of the pediatric trauma is
not severe and is still avoidable by increase public awareness programs regarding home safety
and resource allocation.
Mateullah Majid, Mahreen Zahra , Muhammad Kashif, Ikramullah Khan. (2020) Pattern of Pediatric trauma during covid-19 pandemic lockdown in Multan., The Professional Medical Journal, Volume 27, Issue 12.
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