Background Various strategies to reduce the spread of COVID-19 including lockdown and
stay-at-home order are expected to reduce road traffic characteristics and consequently road …

Background Mortality statistics are fundamental to public health decision making. Mortality
varies by time and location, and its measurement is affected by well known biases that have …

Background Firearm sales in the United States (US) markedly increased during the COVID-
19 pandemic. Our objective was to determine if firearm injuries in children were associated …

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a global impact, disrupting the normal trends of our
everyday life. More specifically, the effects of COVID-19 on road safety are still largely …

Background Injuries are among the leading causes for hospitalizations and emergency
department (ED) visits. COVID-19 restrictions ensured safety to Canadians, but also …

Objectives The onset of the national stay-at-home orders accompanied by a surge in firearm
sales has elevated the concerns of clinicians and public health authorities. The purpose of …

Background Recreational equipment sales rose significantly during the COVID-19
pandemic. This study investigated changes in the incidence of pediatric emergency …

Objective This is the first British multicentre study observing the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on orthopaedic trauma with respect to referrals, operative caseload and mortality …

Millions of lives in Asia were lost in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, causing a reduction of
1.66 years in life expectancy at birth (e0) in 2019–2021 and a reduction of 1.41 years in life …

Introduction We aim to assess the trends in trauma patient volume, injury characteristics, and
facility resource utilization that occurred during four surges in COVID-19 cases. Methods A …