2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2020.06.010
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Los cambios producidos durante el estado de alarma debido a la COVID-19 en un Servicio de Urología de un Hospital Universitario Terciario en Portugal

Abstract: Objetivo Comparar la actividad del Servicio de Urología de un Hospital Universitario Portugués durante el estado de alarma y el periodo equivalente del año anterior. Comparamos el número de consultas electivas y pruebas diagnósticas urológicas, el número y el tipo de cirugías electivas, así como las características demográficas de los pacientes y las principales causas de ingreso al Servicio de Urgencias (SU) de Urología durante los dos periodos mencionados. Materiales y métodos … Show more

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“…The higher decrease in consultation counts for patients aged 60-80 years might partly be explained by the higher proportion of consultations dedicated to preventive care in this age group compared to the other age groups (<60 years and >80 years) 6 . The consultations dedicated to preventive care were presumably considered non-urgent and postponed to after the shutdown period.…”
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“…The higher decrease in consultation counts for patients aged 60-80 years might partly be explained by the higher proportion of consultations dedicated to preventive care in this age group compared to the other age groups (<60 years and >80 years) 6 . The consultations dedicated to preventive care were presumably considered non-urgent and postponed to after the shutdown period.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…Decreases in health care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic have been reported in different health care systems and settings. Findings include decreases in consultations to emergency departments [5,8,11], psychiatric emergency consultations and number of admissions to psychiatric clinics [7,10], visits from patients living with HIV [16], non-urgent and surgical ophthalmologic care [9], urologic examinations [6], first diagnoses of diabetes and circulatory system diseases [17], hospitalization for a range of diagnoses [18], as well as different types of preventive and elective care (e.g. mammograms, colonoscopies) [12].…”
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“…El Covid-19 es el coronavirus con más número de casos y muertes registrados. Estos valores sumados a una mayor letalidad en situaciones en las cuales el paciente presenta complicaciones por otras enfermedades (3,8,9), y a la recurrencia de infecciones en personas dados de alta, obliga a poner la atención en el tema de la inmunidad; ya que a diferencia de la gripe estacional o de la H1N1, las personas no han desarrollado inmunidad.…”
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