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COVID-19: cancer and corticosteroids
Under the prevailing COVID-19 crisis, this article is well worth reading. The current World Health Organization (WHO) guidance is not to start steroids in cancer cases, but there is no clear evidence of risks with steroids in cancer patients having...Covid-19, cancer, and other calamities
6 April 2020
| Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Karol Sikora
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URO - Urologic Oncology
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is upon us. The government and NHS are going full-steam ahead with their preparations for the onslaught, freeing up operating theatres, intensive care units, and even private hospital beds and staff, to accommodate the expected influx...
The effect of COVID-19 on urology training
7 July 2020
| Clare Jelley
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URO - Covid-19
COVID-19 has affected all aspects of medicine. Urologists have been called upon to work in vastly different working environments including acute pan-surgical teams, intensive care and medical wards. The strategies put in place by hospital management teams vary significantly across...
Homo digitalis during COVID-19?
8 November 2021
| Arun K Sharma
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URO - Covid-19, URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Neurourology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection, URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Core Urology, URO - Technology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our lives. We have seen huge changes in the health service, medical practice and hospital working. Many urology meetings – national and international – were cancelled and seminars and courses have become...
COVID-19 and acute kidney injury
Newspapers and online media are full of the effects of the coronavirus on airways and olfactory functions and the importance of respiratory physicians (pulmonologists in the USA), ventilators and intensive care teams. However, as per the Intensive Care National Audit...COVID-19: the impact on a junior registrar
26 May 2020
| Lisa Bibby
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URO - Covid-19
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic I was a trust grade junior registrar, using this year at a district general hospital to gain experience, skills and portfolio points for round two of National Selection. My urology registrar on-call duties would consist...
Urinary frequency and COVID-19: is there a missing link?
5 May 2021
| Arun K Sharma
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URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection, URO - Trauma & Emergency
The current COVID pandemic has been a worldwide challenge for over a year. It can affect an individual in various ways. According to the World Health Organization, the classical signs are dry cough, fever and shortness of breath. In addition,...
COVID-19: the impact on urology so far
4 May 2020
| Thomas E Webb, Russell G-R Davies, Karl H Pang
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URO - Core Urology
“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” Florence Nightingale Since 31 December 2019 when a cluster of pneumonia cases with an unknown cause were first referred to the WHO Country Office in China, there has been...
Technology for remote working and COVID-19 resources
2 April 2020
| Ivo Dukic
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URO - Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered every aspect of how we live, and how healthcare needs to be provided for the welfare of patients and staff. I thought I would try to summarise a few potential technology tools that could be...
Establishing a new TPPBx service during the COVID-19 pandemic
6 November 2020
| Edwin Michael Chau, May Caber, Peter Acher
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URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Technology
COVID-19 had a major impact on our hospital services from early in the pandemic, with almost three times as many patients being ventilated compared to the normal ITU capacity at the beginning of April. During the build-up to this point,...
COVID-19 cuts prostate cancer referrals in half
7 October 2020
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URO - Urologic Oncology
Charity warns that 3500 men risk being diagnosed with incurable cancer as referrals drop to lowest in 10 years Urgent referrals for urological cancers have dropped by half in England (49.5%) compared to the same period last year as the...
Planning and doing a fellowship: advice during the COVID-19 era
1 July 2022
| Li June Tay
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URO - Covid-19
To paraphrase Shakespeare, to do, or not to do a fellowship, that is the question. That may be your question; whether or not to pursue a fellowship, even more so due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are...
