Review article

COVID-19 and Urologic Emergencies

Ante Reljić

Abstract

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, since mid-March 2020 the field of urology was also compelled to reorganize in terms of space (capacity), medical equipment, personnel and priority goals. The focus of interest thus turned to urologic emergencies. The author defines the medical conditions in which urgent urological intervention is required, as well as corresponding symptomatology and therapy. The aim is to facilitate the recognition/identification of such conditions and rationalize medical procedure while achieving maximum therapeutic efficacy. It is mainly intended to help primary medical care providers. A special category are patients with previously diagnosed tumors of the genitourinary tract, whose surgical treatment has been postponed. Renal tumors, and especially prostate tumors, are almost always slow, progressive diseases among the elderly, and therefore the postponement of urgent treatment should not significantly influence the naturally lengthy course of the disease. On the contrary, patients with testicular tumors – generally rapid, progressive and highly malignant diseases, are operated according to priority protocol.

Keywords

COVID-19; pandemic; urology; emergency cases; urogenital tumors

Hrčak ID:

244346

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/244346

Publication date:

30.9.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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