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COVID-19 and the Impact on the Cranio-Oro-Facial Trauma Care in Italy: An Epidemiological Retrospective Cohort Study

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  • Fausto Famà

    (Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi”, University Hospital “G. Martino” of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98123 Messina, Italy)

  • Roberto Lo Giudice

    (Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi”, University Hospital “G. Martino” of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98123 Messina, Italy)

  • Gaetano Di Vita

    (Department of Surgical Oncological and Stomatological Sciences, University of Palermo, Piazza Marina 61, 90133 Palermo, Italy)

  • João Paulo Mendes Tribst

    (Department of Dentistry, University of Tautabé (UNITAU), Taubaté 12030-040, Brazil)

  • Giorgio Lo Giudice

    (Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialities, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Viale Abramo Lincoln 5, 80138 Naples, Italy)

  • Alessandro Sindoni

    (Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
    Direzione Sanitaria, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has deeply modified the organization of hospitals, health care centers, and the patient’s behavior. The aim of this epidemiological retrospective cohort study is to evaluate if and how the COVID-19 pandemic has determined a modification in cranio-oro-facial traumatology service. Methods: The dataset included hospital emergency room access of a six-month pre-pandemic period and six months into pandemic outbreak. The variables collected were: patient age, gender, type of emergency access with relative color code, Glasgow Coma Scale Score, type of discharge. Results: 537 vs. 237 (pre-pandemic vs. pandemic) patients accessed the hospital emergency room and the mean age decreased from 60.79 ± 25.34 to 56.75 ± 24.50 year. Yellow and green code access went from 28.9% and 66.1% to 37.5% and 57.7% (pre-pandemic vs. pandemic). Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) shows an increase of 16.6% vs. 27.8% of 15 grade score, a 28.7% vs. 28.5% of the 14 grade score and reduction of 13 and 12 grade 40.2% and 14.5% vs. 37.1 and 9.7% (pre-pandemic vs. pandemic). Conclusions: Since the COVID-19 outbreak continues, epidemiological data are still necessary to perform public health intervention strategies and to appropriately predict the population needs, in order to properly manage the COVID-19 related to oral pathologies as well as the most common health problems.

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  • Fausto Famà & Roberto Lo Giudice & Gaetano Di Vita & João Paulo Mendes Tribst & Giorgio Lo Giudice & Alessandro Sindoni, 2021. "COVID-19 and the Impact on the Cranio-Oro-Facial Trauma Care in Italy: An Epidemiological Retrospective Cohort Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-9, July.
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