Table 2.

Injury patterns and outcomes in physical child abuse patients during the month following statewide closure of childcare facilities in Maryland during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the corresponding period in 2019 and 2018. ISS, injury severity score.

	Covid-19 Period	2019	2018
	n = 8	n = 4	n=3
Trauma Mechanism
Blunt	8 (100 %)	3 (75 %)	2 (68 %)
Burn	0 (0 %)	1 (25 %)	1 (33 %)
Diagnosed Injuries
Intracranial Hemorrhage	3 (38 %)	2 (50 %)	1 (33 %)
Skull fracture	4 (50 %	0 (0 %)	0 (0 %)
Long bone fracture	2 (25 %)	1 (25 %)	1 (33 %)
Partial thickness burn	0 (0 %)	1 (33 %)	1 (33 %)
Full thickness burn	0 (0 %)	1 (33 %)	0 (0 %)
Scalp or face contusion	5 (63 %)	0 (0 %)	0 (0 %)
Body region
Head	7 (88 %)	2 (50 %)	1 (33 %)
Extremity	2 (25 %)	2 (50 %)	1 (33 %)
Trunk	0 (0 %)	0 (0 %)	1 (33 %)
ISS, mean (range)	7.1 (1–17)	10.3 (10-11)	10.5 (10-11)
Operative intervention	0 (0 %)	2 (50 %)	0 (0%)
Length of Stay, mean (range), days	2.5 (1–6)	8.0 (4–15)	1.7 (1–3)
Final disposition
Home/Foster care	8 (100 %)	3 (100 %)	3 (100 %)