[HTML][HTML] Urolithiasis in the COVID era: an opportunity to reassess management strategies

RL Steinberg, BA Johnson, J Antonelli… - European …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine and other innovative
means emerged as ways to provide remote care for patients. Yet the incidence of many …

[HTML][HTML] Urolithiasis practice patterns following the COVID-19 pandemic: overview from the EULIS collaborative research working group

T Tefik, S Guven, L Villa, MI Gokce, P Kallidonis… - European …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
COVID-19 was first reported as a novel pulmonary infection in December 2019 [1]. Apart
from being a potentially lethal condition, COVID-19 is also affecting health care strategies for …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient preferences and decision making for symptomatic urolithiasis

T Jiang, V Osadchiy, JM Weinberger… - Journal of …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background: Pandemic restrictions have changed how patients approach symptomatic
kidney stones. We used a mixed-methods digital ethnographic approach to evaluate social …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the primary definitive management of ureteric stones

C Lee, L Whitehurst, A Masani… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To assess the management pathways of ureteric stones within our department
and any impact on this as a result of the pandemic. Patients and methods: Retrospective …

Comparison of management and outcomes of symptomatic urolithiasis during the COVID-19 pandemic to a comparative cohort

A Nourian, C Uppaluri, M Chen, EM Ghiraldi… - Urology, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To analyze the clinical presentation and outcomes for patients who presented with
symptomatic urolithiasis during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We …

The impact of COVID-19 outbreak on urolithiasis emergency department admissions, hospitalizations and clinical management in central Italy: a multicentric analysis

M Antonucci, SM Recupero, V Marzio… - Actas Urológicas …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction and objectives We aimed to evaluate how the corona virus disease of 2019
(COVID-19) outbreak influenced emergency department (ED) admissions for urolithiasis …

[HTML][HTML] Kidney stone care and the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities

SC Hiller, CA Dauw, KR Ghani… - The Journal of …, 2020 - auajournals.org
THE SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) pandemic is a societal catastrophe with an unparalleled
global impact on how we live, work, teach and play. In the United States, with the declaration …

Lessons learned after the disruption caused by COVID-19 in the management of urolithiasis: An example of adaptation in a high-volume center

AA Medina, IL García, MM Alcaraz, DL Curtis… - Actas Urológicas …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The aim was to determine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on urolithiasis
presentation and management. Methods In this retrospective study, we comparatively …

Patient's fear of being infected, another complication of COVID-19 outbreak: A lesson learned from a case of life-threatening urolithiasis

F Romantini, P Saldutto, G Maselli… - … of Endourology Case …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Because of the fear of being infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19), patients with nephrolithiasis, who choose to stay home, may suffer serious …

Changes in practice patterns of nephrolithiasis in the era of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a review

M Hout, R Marcovich, H Shah - Current opinion in urology, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has markedly shifted the treatment of nephrolithiasis in many
ways, including emergency triage, outpatient care, and definitive management. Although …