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. 2022 Feb:52:244-248.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.03.086. Epub 2021 Mar 30.

The injury-illness dichotomy of COVID-19 on the pediatric ED

Eric Scheier  1 , Nadine Levick  2 , Alex Guri  3 , Uri Balla  4
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The injury-illness dichotomy of COVID-19 on the pediatric ED

Eric Scheier et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Feb.
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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Visits to the PED by age in years.
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Fig. 2
Respiratory and gastrointestinal infectious disease over the pandemic year on a monthly basis compared with the average for those months over the three preceding years, in numbers and as a percent of total PED visits for that period.
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Fig. 3
Injury diagnoses over the pandemic year on a monthly basis compared with the average for those months over the three preceding years, in numbers and as a percent of total PED visits for that period.
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Fig. 4
Percent change in fractures seen in the PED and treated surgically, compared with the average for the prior 3 years.
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Fig. 5
Percent change in PED visits compared with the average for the three preceding years over the periods of the three national lockdowns.
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Fig. 6
Admission rates over the periods of the three national lockdowns compared with the average for those periods over the three preceding years.
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