Challenges in Urology during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Peng Jin; Hyusim Park; Sungyong Jung; Jayoung Kim

doi:10.1159/000512880

Challenges in Urology during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Urol Int. 2021;105(1-2):3-16. doi: 10.1159/000512880. Epub 2020 Nov 23.

Authors

Peng Jin^{1

2}, Hyusim Park³, Sungyong Jung³, Jayoung Kim^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
² Department of Urology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
³ Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA.
⁴ Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA, Jayoung.kim@csmc.edu.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA, Jayoung.kim@csmc.edu.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global health threat. This disease has brought about huge changes in the priorities of medical and surgical procedures. This short review article summarizes several test methods for COVID-19 that are currently being used or under development. This paper also introduces the corresponding changes in the diagnosis and treatment of urological diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic. We further discuss the potential impacts of the pandemic on urology, including the outpatient setting, clinical work, teaching, and research.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Clinical challenges; Test methods; Urological diseases; Urologists.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 Testing*
Education, Medical, Graduate
Humans
Internship and Residency
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Urologic Diseases / diagnosis
Urologic Diseases / therapy*
Urologists* / education
Urology* / economics

Grants and funding

R01 DK100974/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States