Burn patients’ management during the COVID-19 pandemic: An institutional report from the Mohammed Vth Teaching Armed Forces Hospital in Morocco

Characteristics of burn injury during COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo: A descriptive study

“…The relatively higher incidence of injuries in a closed space and inhalation injuries is likely due to the prolonged stay of people at home. The relationship between work-related injuries and the stay-at-home order/lockdown was unclear in previous studies [12] , [28] , but this study found no association between them.…”

Impact of COVID-19 and containment measures on burn care: A qualitative exploratory study

“…Reorganisation of health facilities due to COVID-19 protocols led to the prolonged care-seeking pathway for admission to burn ward or ICU. Similar findings were also reported from burn centres in other LMIC during the pandemic [11] . Surgical services, follow-up care, and rehabilitation services were most adversely affected.…”

“…This unparalleled crisis has also provided many lessons for improving burn care in India such as developing robust and resilient emergency services, decentralised burn care, improved epidemiological understanding, need to focus on prevention, and harnessing technological innovation to ensure the continuum of care. Evidence describing the COVID-19 impact on burn centres has noted changes in the pattern and inflow of burns patients, quality of care, and recovery outcome [9] , [10] , [11] . The existing burn care systems in India is already grappled with an inadequate number and skewed distribution of facilities, limited human resources, inadequate infrastructure, financial burden, neglect of preventive aspects, and lack of integrated rehabilitation services [2] .…”

“…The COVID-19 pandemic shifted the burden and distribution of burn cases with some studies reporting a 43% reduction in burn admissions, higher proportions of paediatric burns, greater burn severity, comparatively lower duration of hospital stays but no decline in the need for intensive care [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] . The pandemic also posed significant challenges for the functioning of burn units, particularly protecting the staff and patients from infection [13] .…”

Brazil Covid-19: Change of hospitalizations and deaths due to burn injury?

“…Regarding the number of hospitalizations due to burns, our data do not show any difference between the mean number in all Brazilian regions studied. In Morocco (Mohammed Vth Teaching Armed Forces Hospital), there was a decrease of 50% during the period from March to June 2020, when compared to the same period in the previous year [ 9 ]. In the United Kingdom at a regional burn center during the period from March to May 2020, a total of 16 patients were hospitalized, when compared to the previous year (2019) where 32 patients were hospitalized [ 10 ].…”