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Safe urodynamic practices in times of COVID‐19: What can be accomplished and what can be added?
Author(s) -
PereiraCorreia João A.,
Gomes Carlos M. P. P.,
Barbosa Paulo H. N.,
Salomão Bruno A.,
Morais Heitor S.,
Muller Valter J. F.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
neurourology and urodynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1520-6777
pISSN - 0733-2467
DOI - 10.1002/nau.24907
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , checklist , pandemic , medical emergency , emergency medicine , virology , psychology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , cognitive psychology
Aim To present feedback, after applying national and international urodynamic study (UDS) recommendations for safe practice during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Methods We created a checklist to assess the feasibility of performing UDS recommendations for safe practice during the COVID‐19 pandemic from the first week of May 2021 to the last week of July 2021. Results One hundred patients were analyzed during the study period. We observed that all preventive recommendations for the steps that precede UDS could be followed in full. However, some guidelines for performing the exam were not feasible in all patients. We have successfully adopted other safety measures for all patients. Conclusions The COVID‐19 pandemic will likely persist for several more years. We believe that continuous improvement, revision, and updating of existing protocols and guidelines for the safe practice of UDS in times of COVID‐19, as we propose in this study, should be encouraged.