Форма документа : Стаття із журналу
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Автор(и) : Baran C.
Назва : Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on urology practuce: A singlecenter experience
Місце публікування : Український журнал нефрології та діалізу. - К., 2021. - N 1. - С. 34-38 (Шифр УУ39/2021/1)
MeSH-головна: КОРОНАВИРУСНЫЕ ИНФЕКЦИИ -- CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
ПАНДЕМИИ -- PANDEMICS
УРОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ БОЛЕЗНИ -- UROLOGIC DISEASES
Анотація: The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the urology outpatient clinic and provide objective data for the allocation of the resources during the pandemic. Materials and methods. The patient records who were admitted to our Hospital Urology outpatient clinic during March 20th - May 29th, 2019, and March 20th - May 29th, 2020 has been evaluated and constituted two groups as Non-Pandemic Group and Pandemic Group according to application date. Groups have been compared according to demographic and cohort-specific variables. Results. There has been a statistically significant difference between groups according to age, gender, admission, prescription, and hospitalization rates. During the pandemic period, we found that the rates of patient admission, frequency and the number of hospitalizations decreased, and the rate of prescribing increased. Also, we found that male patients aged 18-65 years were admitted more frequently during the pandemic period. The analysis of the subgroups constituted according to diagnostic segmentation revealed that the patients with lower urinary tract symptoms and pediatric urology patients decreased while infertility and infection groups were increased. Conclusion. The urology outpatient clinic has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic from various perspectives. This alteration should take into consideration for the planning of the services during a pandemicПандемія COVID-19 суттєво вплинула на урологічну амбулаторну практику з різних точок зору. Визначені зміни повинні враховуватись під час планування спеціалізованої медичної допомоги під час пандемії