Chronicling the effect of COVID-19 on orthopedic literature

Liu, Ivan; Wang, Kevin Y.; Robin, Joseph X.; McGeary, Ian; Hemal, Kshipra; Boyd, Carter J.

doi:10.1016/j.jor.2021.07.016

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“…The largest limitation of this study is that there is not a strong control group to compare our results to. There are similar published data from other subspecialties that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (plastic surgery, orthopedic surgery, and oral-maxillofacial surgery); however, the most valuable data would be from subspecialties that are inherently more similar to anesthesiology (general surgery, internal medicine/critical care medicine, and pediatrics) [ 13 , 15 , 16 ]. Additionally, in this study, we elected to study the AAS as a continuous variable.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…When compared to other specialties, anesthesiology had noticeably more literature published about COVID-19 than others [ 13 , 15 , 16 ]. In our study, COVID-19 literature represented 12% (676) of the total number of articles investigated, whereas a similar study conducted in plastic surgery literature identified that only 3.2% (220) of the total articles involved COVID-19 [ 13 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Anesthesiology Articles Published in 2020: A Review and Characterization of COVID-19 Versus Non-COVID-19 Publications in Top Anesthesiology Journals

Egbaria¹,

Kofskey²,

Boyd³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on the practice of medicine worldwide, particularly in anesthesiology. As the clinical realm has rapidly adjusted to the realities of the pandemic, anesthesiology literature has also changed significantly to reflect this. The purpose of this study was to characterize the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on anesthesiology literature. Specifically, it was hypothesized that the COVID-19-related literature in the anesthesiology community would gain more interest than non-COVID-19-related articles. A total of 15 anesthesiology-related journals with the highest impact factor in 2019, according to the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), were selected for data collection. An advanced PubMed search identified 5,722 COVID-19-related articles published by these journals in 2020. Next, articles with titles including “corona,” “COVID,” “COVID-19,” “pandemic,” “SARS,” or “SARS-CoV-2” were selected for inclusion in the study, which resulted in 676 (12%) articles. A Kruskal-Wallis test was used to assess the Altmetric score, which is a weighted calculation of the attention an article receives online, for COVID-19 versus non-COVID-19 articles. Articles were then further characterized across multiple different variables, including country of origin, month published, type of article, and subspecialty of anesthesiology it pertained to. Of the 15 journals investigated, 676 (12%) articles of the 5,722 total articles published were found to be COVID-19-related material. The majority of the articles were found to be published in April (18%), May (19.5%), and June (14%). The majority of these articles were related either to general anesthesia (operating room anesthesiology that is not tied to a particular subspecialty fellowship track) (48%) or critical care (39%). By article type, most were determined to be editorial (71%) in nature, followed by original research articles (21%), of which most were cross-sectional (55%) studies. When compared with non-COVID-19-related articles, COVID-19-related articles had a significantly greater Altmetric score (29.518 versus 8.6333, p < 0.001). Of the COVID-19-related articles, original articles had the greatest Altmetric score, when compared to editorials and guidelines (54.794 versus 20.777 versus 40.643, p < 0.002). The response of the academic anesthesiology community to the COVID-19 pandemic was strong and timely, with a particularly strong focus on critical care anesthesia. The impact of the pandemic was strongly felt by the anesthesiology community, and their timely response served to guide our country and world through an incredibly challenging time. The pandemic highlighted the value of anesthesiologists worldwide, not only in the operating room setting but particularly as critical care physicians.

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confidence: 87%

Section: Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Anesthesiology Articles Published in 2020: A Review and Characterization of COVID-19 Versus Non-COVID-19 Publications in Top Anesthesiology Journals

Egbaria¹,

Kofskey²,

Boyd³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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“…Owing to the global pandemic, experiences and recommendations soon began to be published in orthopaedic journals [ 14 , 15 ]. Orthopaedics, as a representative of elective care, was perhaps influenced by most of the disciplines in the field of elective surgery.…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and traumatological care in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has significantly affected society, especially healthcare systems worldwide. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopaedic and trauma healthcare at the largest university hospital in the Czech Republic. The evaluated periods were in accordance with three waves of the disease and three respective lockdowns. To correlate the results, we evaluated the number of patients (inpatients and outpatients) treated in the same period in the last 3 years before the pandemic. The number of orthopaedic outpatients during the lockdown period decreased by 54.12% (p = 0.002), 42.88% (p <0.001), and 34.53% (p = 0.03) in the first, second, and third lockdowns, respectively. The number of elective surgeries decreased by 69.01% (p <0.001), 87.57% (p <0.001), and 74.89% (p = 0.007) and the number of acute surgeries decreased by 33.15% (p = 0.002), 37.46% (p <0.001), and 27.24% (p = 0.034) in the first, second, and third lockdowns, respectively. This study showed a significant reduction in the healthcare of orthopaedic and trauma patients owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasised the shortcomings of the healthcare system. In our study, there was a reduction in both outpatient (reduction of care by 24–54%) and inpatient care. The elective surgeries were reduced by 69–87% during different lockdown periods compared with the reference period. Based on the results of this study, we can formulate organisational measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on orthopaedic healthcare. Organisational procedures created based on acquired data and experience should maximise the bed capacity of the workplace and work efficiency with regard to the safety of medical staff.

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“…We selected 15 ophthalmology journals with the highest impact factor in 2020, as determined by Journal Citation Reports. Utilizing an advanced PubMed search, [2][3][4] we identified all articles (n = 8609) published among these journals from January 1, 2020, to October 17, 2021. Manuscripts pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic were initially included if their titles included "COVID," "pandemic," "SARS," "corona," "nCoV," For articles where data were available (n = 175), median time from submission to publication (either print or online) was 44 days, which is substantially quicker than publication times reported before the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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“…We selected 15 ophthalmology journals with the highest impact factor in 2020, as determined by Journal Citation Reports . Utilizing an advanced PubMed search,2–4 we identified all articles (n=8609) published among these journals from January 1, 2020, to October 17, 2021. Manuscripts pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic were initially included if their titles included “COVID,” “pandemic,” “SARS,” “corona,” “nCoV,” or “COVID-19.” All articles were further screened manually to confirm appropriate categorization.…”

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