Impact of Weather and Holidays on Orthopedic Emergency Room Crowding, Fractures, and Polytraumas in a Third-Level Referral Trauma Center in Europe

Lorenzo Andreani; Edoardo Ipponi; Francesco Pecchia; Giorgio Balestrieri; Edoardo Tosi; Stefano Marchetti; Paolo Domenico Parchi

doi:10.1155/aort/2970626

Advances in Orthopedics (Jan 2025)

Impact of Weather and Holidays on Orthopedic Emergency Room Crowding, Fractures, and Polytraumas in a Third-Level Referral Trauma Center in Europe

Lorenzo Andreani,
Edoardo Ipponi,
Francesco Pecchia,
Giorgio Balestrieri,
Edoardo Tosi,
Stefano Marchetti,
Paolo Domenico Parchi

Affiliations

Lorenzo Andreani: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
Edoardo Ipponi: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
Francesco Pecchia: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
Giorgio Balestrieri: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
Edoardo Tosi: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
Stefano Marchetti: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
Paolo Domenico Parchi: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/aort/2970626
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2025

Abstract

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Conclusion: Temperatures, meteorological factors, and national holidays could vary the workloads in the orthopedic ER of a European third-level trauma center.

Published in Advances in Orthopedics

ISSN: 2090-3464 (Print); 2090-3472 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2638

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