Publications by authors named "Pedro L Esteban"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 state of emergency on visits to a traumatology emergency department, focusing on both the quantity and severity of cases.
- During the emergency period from March 14 to April 13, 2020, there was a significant drop in total visits, from an average of 3,212 in the previous two years to just 445 in 2020, along with an increase in serious cases (triage levels 1-3).
- The findings indicate that while overall visits decreased, the proportion of major injuries increased, suggesting patients with severe injuries were more likely to seek treatment during the pandemic.
Background: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), in December 2019 in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, has developed into an unprecedented pandemic with enormous pressure on health-care providers around the world. A higher mortality rate has been described in older infected individuals. Patients with hip fracture are a particularly vulnerable population during this pandemic because older age is associated with a higher mortality rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: With the resurge of tuberculosis, due to the pandemic of the human immunodeficiency virus and the increase in the number of immunocompromised patients, osteoarticular tuberculosis has increased too.
Materials And Methods: We report of a 55-year-old patient, with chronic renal failure on haemodialysis, who presented with a painful knee and fever. Culture on Lowënstein-Jensen medium of joint liquid revealed a tuberculous affectation of the proximal tibia.