Table 1 Demographics and clinical data in standard and pandemic conditions
From: Italy and COVID-19: the changing patient flow in an orthopedic trauma center emergency department
| Â | NG | PG | Absolute variation | Relative variation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex: N (%) | Male | 1323 (51.7) | 297 (44.3) | − 77.5% | − 7.4% |
Female | 1235 (48.3) | 373 (55.7) | − 69.5% | 7.4% | |
Age: mean ± SD (years) | 41.2 ± 23.5 [0, 98] | 56.3 ± 23.9 [0, 99] | 36.7% | - | |
ED stay ± SD (min) | 146 ± 63 [2, 839] | 106 ± 140 [5, 180] | − 27.4% | - | |
Pediatric patients (%) | 633 (24.7) | 62 (9.2) | − 90.2% | − 15.5% | |
Chest radiographs (%) | 145 (5.7) | 180 (26.9) | 24.1% | 21.2% | |
Diagnosis (%) | Clavicle fractures | 13 (0.5) | 5 (0.7) | − 61.5% | 0.2% |
Proximal humeral fractures | 30 (1.2) | 25 (3.7) | − 16.7% | 2.5% | |
Humeral shaft fractures | 2 (0.1) | 8 (1.2) | 300% | 1.1% | |
Elbow fractures | 45 (1.7) | 14 (2.1) | − 68.9% | 0.4% | |
Wrist and hand fractures | 202 (7.9) | 73 (10.9) | − 63.9% | 3% | |
Vertebral fractures | 15 (0.6) | 6 (0.9) | − 60% | 0.3% | |
Proximal femoral fractures | 38 (1.5) | 114 (17.0) | 200% | 15.5% | |
Other femoral fractures | 6 (0.2) | 9 (1.4) | 50% | 1.2% | |
Patellar fractures | 15 (0.6) | 5 (0.7) | − 66.7% | 0.1% | |
Tibia fractures | 27 (1.1) | 12 (1.8) | − 44.4% | 0.7% | |
Foot and ankle fractures | 161 (6.3) | 59 (8.8) | − 63.4% | 2.5% | |
Pneumonia | 3 (0.1) | 14 (2.1) | 366.7% | 2% | |
Other | 2001 (78.2) | 336 (48.7) | − 83.2% | − 29.5% | |
Total | 2558 | 670 | − 73.8% |  | |