The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic to Trauma Patients in Emergency Department: A Multicenter Experience of Istanbul

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic to Trauma Patients in Emergency Department: A Multicenter Experience of Istanbul

COVID-19, which emerged in China in December 2019, has become a pandemic with its spread to many countries of the world. The aim of this multi-centered study is to guide for the approach, organization, diagnosis and treatment of the patients admitted due to trauma to emergency department during the pandemic period.

COVID-19, which emerged in China in December 2019, has become a pandemic with its spread to many countries of the world. The investigators hypothesize that since the number of hospital applications expected to be decreased due to trauma during the COVID-19 period, the level of hospital trauma applications changed. Thus, the aim of this multi-centered study is to guide for the approach, organization, diagnosis and treatment of the patients admitted due to trauma to emergency department during the pandemic period.

Inclusion Criteria:

• accepted to participate with an informed consent
• trauma patients who admitted to the study centers

Exclusion Criteria:

• lack of informed consent
• lack of data