@article{article_901352, title={The Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic on Computed Tomography Evaluations in Pediatric Emergency Traumas}, journal={Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences}, volume={6}, pages={398–403}, year={2021}, DOI={10.26453/otjhs.901352}, author={Ilgar, Mehtap and Mert Doğan, Güleç}, keywords={Bilgisayarlı tomografi, pandemi, pediatrik travma}, abstract={<div style="text-align:justify;">Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the number of computed tomography (CT) examinations and pathologies of the pediatric patients admitted to the emergency department due to trauma during the pandemic with the compatible non-pandemic time period. </div> <div style="text-align:justify;">Matarials and Methods: This study was a retrospective study of the patients aged 0-18 years, who admitted to the emergency department due to trauma and had CT imaging in 1-30 April 2020 and 1-30 April 2019. </div> <div style="text-align:justify;">Results: In April 2020, 448 patients applied to the emergency department due to trauma. CT scans were performed to 138 of these 448 (30.8%) patients. In April 2019, 2416 patients applied to the emergency department due to trauma. CT scans were performed to 463 of these 2416 (19.1%) patients. No statistically significant difference was found between the patients, who underwent CT in April 2020 and 2019 by gender (p=0.324). A statistically significant difference was found between 2020 and 2019 by the age groups (p<0.001). </div> <div style="text-align:justify;">Conclusion: This is neither the first nor the last pandemic the world has ever faced. It is very important to determine the differences in patient distribution and to prepare protocols and guidelines to be used during pandemics. </div>}, number={3}, publisher={Oğuz KARABAY}