Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Infection. 2020 Dec;48(6):935-939. doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01511-7. Epub 2020 Sep 6.
Maintaining high-quality care for urological patients is a challenge during and after the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We observe an increasing volume of postponed elective visits at our tertiary care hospital, holding the risk for deterioration of non-emergency disease conditions. As it is unclear for how long the pandemic will last, we propose to implement telehealth as a solution to provide regular symptom monitoring compatible with social distancing guidelines during the pandemic and beyond. Telemedical assessment and prioritizing of high-risk patients for individual consults at outpatient services will have to be aligned with available outpatient capacity and local outbreak severity.
在 2019 冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间和之后，为泌尿科患者提供高质量的护理是一项挑战。我们观察到我们的三级保健医院的选择性预约就诊数量不断增加，这增加了非紧急疾病状况恶化的风险。由于目前尚不清楚大流行将持续多久，我们建议实施远程医疗作为解决方案，以便在大流行期间及之后提供符合社会隔离准则的常规症状监测。远程医疗评估和将高风险患者优先安排至门诊服务进行个别就诊，必须与可用的门诊能力和当地疫情严重程度相匹配。
