COVID-19: The impact on urolithiasis treatment in Brazil
ABSTRACT Introduction: It has been more than a year since the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in Brazil, and its most problematic feature is the oversaturation of the healthcare system capacity. Urolithiasis is a disease that requires timely and appropriate management. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of the pandemic in hospital admissions for urolithiasis in the Brazilian public healthcare system. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, hospital admissions were obtained from the Brazilian Public Health Information system. All hospital admissions associated with urolithiasis diagnosis (ICD-10 N20) between March 2017 and February 2021 were analyzed. Results: During the COVID-19 outbreak, there was a significant decrease in hospital admissions (p<0.0001). More than 20.000 patients probably did not have the opportunity to undergo their surgeries. The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on women's admissions was significantly more intense than for men, reducing from 48.91% to 48.36% of the total (p=0.0281). The extremes of age seemed to be more affected, with patients younger than 20 years and older than 60 years having a significant reduction in access to hospital services (p=0.033). Conclusions: In conclusion, we have noticed a considerable reduction in overall admissions for the treatment of urolithiasis in the Brazilian public healthcare system during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. Women and individuals older than 60 years were especially affected. In contrast, we noted a rise in urgent procedures, comparing with the average of the corresponding period of the three previous years. Recovery plans will be needed while returning to activities to handle the impounded surgical volume.
Auteurs principaux: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Digital revista |
Langue: | English |
Publié: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
2022
|
Accès en ligne: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382022000100101 |
Tags: |
Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
|
id |
oai:scielo:S1677-55382022000100101 |
---|---|
record_format |
ojs |
spelling |
oai:scielo:S1677-553820220001001012022-01-10COVID-19: The impact on urolithiasis treatment in BrazilKorkes,FernandoSmaidi,KhalilSalles,Matheus PascottoLopes Neto,Antonio CorreaHeilberg,Ita PfefermanGlina,Sidney Kidney Calculi COVID-19 Urolithiasis ABSTRACT Introduction: It has been more than a year since the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in Brazil, and its most problematic feature is the oversaturation of the healthcare system capacity. Urolithiasis is a disease that requires timely and appropriate management. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of the pandemic in hospital admissions for urolithiasis in the Brazilian public healthcare system. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, hospital admissions were obtained from the Brazilian Public Health Information system. All hospital admissions associated with urolithiasis diagnosis (ICD-10 N20) between March 2017 and February 2021 were analyzed. Results: During the COVID-19 outbreak, there was a significant decrease in hospital admissions (p<0.0001). More than 20.000 patients probably did not have the opportunity to undergo their surgeries. The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on women's admissions was significantly more intense than for men, reducing from 48.91% to 48.36% of the total (p=0.0281). The extremes of age seemed to be more affected, with patients younger than 20 years and older than 60 years having a significant reduction in access to hospital services (p=0.033). Conclusions: In conclusion, we have noticed a considerable reduction in overall admissions for the treatment of urolithiasis in the Brazilian public healthcare system during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. Women and individuals older than 60 years were especially affected. In contrast, we noted a rise in urgent procedures, comparing with the average of the corresponding period of the three previous years. Recovery plans will be needed while returning to activities to handle the impounded surgical volume.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedade Brasileira de UrologiaInternational braz j urol v.48 n.1 20222022-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382022000100101en10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2021.0405 |
institution |
SCIELO |
collection |
OJS |
country |
Brasil |
countrycode |
BR |
component |
Revista |
access |
En linea |
databasecode |
rev-scielo-br |
tag |
revista |
region |
America del Sur |
libraryname |
SciELO |
language |
English |
format |
Digital |
author |
Korkes,Fernando Smaidi,Khalil Salles,Matheus Pascotto Lopes Neto,Antonio Correa Heilberg,Ita Pfeferman Glina,Sidney |
spellingShingle |
Korkes,Fernando Smaidi,Khalil Salles,Matheus Pascotto Lopes Neto,Antonio Correa Heilberg,Ita Pfeferman Glina,Sidney COVID-19: The impact on urolithiasis treatment in Brazil |
author_facet |
Korkes,Fernando Smaidi,Khalil Salles,Matheus Pascotto Lopes Neto,Antonio Correa Heilberg,Ita Pfeferman Glina,Sidney |
author_sort |
Korkes,Fernando |
title |
COVID-19: The impact on urolithiasis treatment in Brazil |
title_short |
COVID-19: The impact on urolithiasis treatment in Brazil |
title_full |
COVID-19: The impact on urolithiasis treatment in Brazil |
title_fullStr |
COVID-19: The impact on urolithiasis treatment in Brazil |
title_full_unstemmed |
COVID-19: The impact on urolithiasis treatment in Brazil |
title_sort |
covid-19: the impact on urolithiasis treatment in brazil |
description |
ABSTRACT Introduction: It has been more than a year since the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in Brazil, and its most problematic feature is the oversaturation of the healthcare system capacity. Urolithiasis is a disease that requires timely and appropriate management. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of the pandemic in hospital admissions for urolithiasis in the Brazilian public healthcare system. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, hospital admissions were obtained from the Brazilian Public Health Information system. All hospital admissions associated with urolithiasis diagnosis (ICD-10 N20) between March 2017 and February 2021 were analyzed. Results: During the COVID-19 outbreak, there was a significant decrease in hospital admissions (p<0.0001). More than 20.000 patients probably did not have the opportunity to undergo their surgeries. The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on women's admissions was significantly more intense than for men, reducing from 48.91% to 48.36% of the total (p=0.0281). The extremes of age seemed to be more affected, with patients younger than 20 years and older than 60 years having a significant reduction in access to hospital services (p=0.033). Conclusions: In conclusion, we have noticed a considerable reduction in overall admissions for the treatment of urolithiasis in the Brazilian public healthcare system during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. Women and individuals older than 60 years were especially affected. In contrast, we noted a rise in urgent procedures, comparing with the average of the corresponding period of the three previous years. Recovery plans will be needed while returning to activities to handle the impounded surgical volume. |
publisher |
Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia |
publishDate |
2022 |
url |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382022000100101 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT korkesfernando covid19theimpactonurolithiasistreatmentinbrazil AT smaidikhalil covid19theimpactonurolithiasistreatmentinbrazil AT sallesmatheuspascotto covid19theimpactonurolithiasistreatmentinbrazil AT lopesnetoantoniocorrea covid19theimpactonurolithiasistreatmentinbrazil AT heilbergitapfeferman covid19theimpactonurolithiasistreatmentinbrazil AT glinasidney covid19theimpactonurolithiasistreatmentinbrazil |
_version_ |
1756428356745691136 |