The collateral fallout of COVID19 lockdown on patients with head injury from north-west India.

Madhivanan KarthigeyanSivashanmugam DhandapaniPravin SalunkeSushanta K SahooMandeep S KatariaApinderpreet SinghChandrashekhar GendleChirag PanchalRajesh ChhabraKajal JainSunil K Gupta

Published in: Acta neurochirurgica (2021)

COVID19 restrictions have amplified the already delayed admission among patients of head injury from north-west India. The severe head injury mortality was significantly greater during lock phases than before COVID19, highlighting the collateral fallout of lockdown. Pandemic control measures in the future should not ignore the concerns of trauma emergency care.

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