Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic during the first lockdown in the Netherlands on the number of trauma-related admissions, trauma severity and treatment: the results of a retrospective cohort study in a level 2 trauma centre.

Objectives: To determine the impact of the first lockdown in the Netherlands' measures during the COVID-19 pandemic on the number and type of trauma-related injuries presenting to the emergency department (ED).

Design: A single-centre retrospective cohort study.

Setting: A level 2 trauma centre in Breda, The Netherlands.

The yield of tertiary survey in patients admitted for observation after trauma.

Purpose: Existing literature on trauma tertiary survey (TTS) focusses on multitrauma patients. This study examines the yield of the TTS in trauma patients with minor (AIS 1) or moderate (AIS 2) injury for which immediate hospitalization is not strictly indicated.

Method: A single center retrospective cohort study was performed in a level II trauma center.