Epidemiology of maxillofacial soft tissue injuries in an oral emergency department in Beijing: A two‐year retrospective study

Guo, Hua-Qiu; Yang, Xue; Wang, Xiaotong; Li, Shuo; Ji, Ai-ping; Bai, Jushan

doi:10.1111/edt.12655

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“…In non-COVID-19-years and during the pandemic, slightly more men presented the dental emergency service, which is in agreement with the findings by other investigators [14,21]. The pandemic showed no significant effect on gender distribution.…”

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Interplay of pandemic and seasonal parameters in dental emergency service

Hell

Deschner²,

Ziskoven³

et al. 2022

BMC Oral Health

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Background To evaluate the relationship between pandemic events and dental emergency service frequentation. Utilization patterns in the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed and considered in regard of seasonal parameters. Methods All outpatients seeking treatment in a university hospital’s dental emergency service were analyzed in the years 2019, 2019 and 2020 according to demographic data and emergencies were subdivided into “absolute” and “relative”. The years 2018 and 2019 were used to compare COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 phases. Defined waves of the pandemic were compared with equivalent prior-year periods. Results Our study includes 11,219 dental emergency patients over a period of three years with a slight surplus of male patients. Comparing the pre-COVID-19 years and 2020 as a year of pandemic, the total count of cases decreased by more than 25%. The share of absolute emergencies in 2020 was higher than in the years before (p < 0.0001). The under-utilization during the waves was more pronounced during the first wave compared to the second waves. Conclusions Additionally to the clear decrease by more than 25% in 2020, we found an inverse dependency of 7-day-incidence of COVID-19 and number of visits. This effect was more distinct for relative emergencies, while the number of patients with absolute emergencies remains rather constant. Probably, there is an acclimatization effect regarding the waves. Patients older than 60 years who suffered from relative emergencies showed an under-utilzation during 2020. During a pandemic such as COVID-19, the effect of under-utilization is more pronounced among elderly patients. However, a pandemic acclimatization effect seems to occur. This can be taken into account in the administration of this kind of circumstances in the future.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Interplay of pandemic and seasonal parameters in dental emergency service

Hell

Deschner²,

Ziskoven³

et al. 2022

BMC Oral Health

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“…There are wide highways of 3-lanes having a speed limit of 80km/hour within the city. In contrast to others [ 23 , 24 ], there was no increase in the incidence of facial injuries during the weekends. Furthermore, facial injuries peaked in winter.…”

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Factors affecting mortality of hospitalized facial trauma patients in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates

2022

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Background Facial injuries affect one-third of severely injured patients. These injuries have devastating long-term negative impacts on quality of life. We aimed to study the epidemiology of facial injuries and factors affecting the mortality of hospitalized facial trauma patients in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates. Methodology This is a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from Al-Ain Hospital Trauma Registry. All patients with facial injury who were hospitalized for more than 24 hours or who died after arrival at the hospital during the period from January 2014 to December 2017 were studied. Two sample data analysis was used to compare patients who died and those who survived. Significant factors were then entered into a backward logistic regression model to define factors affecting mortality. Results 408 patients having a mean age of 31.9 years were studied, 87.3% were males. The main mechanisms of injury were road traffic collisions (52.2%) and fall from height (11.3%). 289 (70.8%) patients had associated injuries which were mainly in the head and chest. The backward logistic regression model showed that the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was the only factor that predicted mortality, p<0.0001 with the best cut-off point of 7.5, having a sensitivity of 0.972 and a specificity of 0.8. The ROC had an area under the curve of 0.924. Conclusion The majority of facial injury patients in our setting are young males who were involved in road traffic collisions or falls from height. The most important factor predicting the mortality of these patients was the low GCS. Those having a GCS of 8 and more had a better chance of survival. This information is very important when counseling patients or their relatives for facial surgery.

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“…There are wide highways of 3-lanes having a speed limit of 80km/hour within the city. In contrast to others [20,21], there was no increase in the incidence of facial injuries during the weekends. Furthermore, facial injuries peaked in winter.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Winter in the UAE is the most pleasant season with a nice weather encouraging families to have desert sport activities using quad bike riding which has high frequency of facial injuires [22]. In contrast, facial injuries are more common in the summer months in China and Canada [20,21].…”

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Factors affecting mortality of hospitalized facial trauma patients in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Al-Ali

Alao

Abu‐Zidan

2022

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Background: Facial injuries affect one third of severely injured patients. These injuries have devastating long-term negative impact on quality of life. We aimed to study the epidemiology of facial injuries and factors affecting mortality of hospitalized facial trauma patients in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected data from Al-Ain Hospital Trauma Registry. All patients with facial injury who were hospitalized for more than 24 hours or who died after arrival at the hospital during the period from January 2014 to December 2017 were studied. Univariate analysis was used to compare patients who died and those who survived. Significant factors were then entered into a backward logistic regression model to define factors affecting mortality. Results: 408 patients having a mean age of 31.9 years were studied, 87.3% were males. The main mechanisms of injury were road traffic collisions (45.1%) and fall from height (11.3%). 289 (70.8%) patients had associated injuries which were mainly in the head and chest. The backward logistic regression model showed that GCS was the only factor that predicted mortality, p<0.0001 with the best cut-off point of 7.5 having a sensitivity of 0.972 and a specificity of 0.8. The ROC had an area under the curve of 0.924.Conclusions: Majority of facial injury patients in our setting are young males who were involved in road traffic collsions or falls from height. The most important factor prediciting mortality of these patients was the low GCS. Those having GCS of 8 and more had a better chance for survival. This information is very important when counselling patients or their relatives for facial surgery.

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Epidemiology of maxillofacial soft tissue injuries in an oral emergency department in Beijing: A two‐year retrospective study

Cited by 26 publications

References 25 publications

Interplay of pandemic and seasonal parameters in dental emergency service

Interplay of pandemic and seasonal parameters in dental emergency service

Factors affecting mortality of hospitalized facial trauma patients in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Factors affecting mortality of hospitalized facial trauma patients in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates

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