Infectious disease
Manas Sharma; Rajendra B Nerli; Shridhar C Ghagane
Volume 8, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 55-59
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic will have numerous consequences in the management of patientswith genitourinary cancers. As we are struggling to best exploit our limited health-careresources in managing COVID-19 infected patients, we need to rethink our approach toprovide the best medical care for cancer patients ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic will have numerous consequences in the management of patientswith genitourinary cancers. As we are struggling to best exploit our limited health-careresources in managing COVID-19 infected patients, we need to rethink our approach toprovide the best medical care for cancer patients in the time of this global crisis. Thereis a need for a decision-making algorithm which takes into account the age, presentingsymptoms, comorbid illnesses, access to health-care services, and availability of qualifiedhealth-care personnel. We must provide support, a clear and comprehensible informationalong with essential care to the patients seeking medical opinion during a time of thisunforeseen global health crisis. In this mini review we have made an attempt to prioritizethe necessity of intervention in urological oncology patients as per various national andinternational guidelines. This approach should be tailored as per locally available healthcare resources and the burden of COVID-19 infected cases in that region.
Infectious disease
Manas Sharma; Shridhar C. Ghagane; Shubhashree Muralidhar; Shashank Patil; Naina R. Nerli; Rajendra B. Nerli
Volume 6, Issue 2 , July 2020, , Pages 98-101
Abstract
The current coronavirus pandemic forces us to realize the significance of the careful utilization of financial and health-care resources. At the same time, it is important to ensure the ability of urologists to function through this crisis to provide essential and emergency services. With regards to ...
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The current coronavirus pandemic forces us to realize the significance of the careful utilization of financial and health-care resources. At the same time, it is important to ensure the ability of urologists to function through this crisis to provide essential and emergency services. With regards to urological procedures, a triage of non-emergent operations is hence recommended considering various disease-related factors. Case conduct should also be categorized based on the up-to-date information of the evolving national, regional and local conditions of this pandemic, as marked variation in these conditions can lead to significant differences in decision-making. Over the coming weeks and months, we are bound to face an increasingly difficult task of treating Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infected patients presenting with urological ailments. Instituting well-thought plans to perform the un-deferrable urological procedures and emergencies during this pandemic will go a long way in keeping the surgeons and health-care workers safe to perform essential duties.