Confronting hidden COVID-19 burden: a telemedical solution for elective urological outpatient clinics.
Infection
; 48(6): 935-939, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-746137
ABSTRACT
Maintaining high-quality care for urological patients is a challenge during and after the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We observe an increasing volume of postponed elective visits at our tertiary care hospital, holding the risk for deterioration of non-emergency disease conditions. As it is unclear for how long the pandemic will last, we propose to implement telehealth as a solution to provide regular symptom monitoring compatible with social distancing guidelines during the pandemic and beyond. Telemedical assessment and prioritizing of high-risk patients for individual consults at outpatient services will have to be aligned with available outpatient capacity and local outbreak severity.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Carrier State
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Infection
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S15010-020-01511-7
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