Department of Urology, Servidores do Estado Federal Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Neurourol Urodyn. 2022 Jun;41(5):1091-1096. doi: 10.1002/nau.24907. Epub 2022 Apr 2.
To present feedback, after applying national and international urodynamic study (UDS) recommendations for safe practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
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.
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.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间应用国家和国际尿动力学研究 (UDS) 安全实践建议后,提供反馈。
我们创建了一个检查表,以评估 2021 年 5 月第一周到 7 月最后一周 COVID-19 大流行期间实施 UDS 安全实践建议的可行性。
在研究期间分析了 100 名患者。我们观察到,UDS 前的所有预防措施建议都可以完全遵循。但是,对于所有患者,执行检查的某些指南不可行。我们已经成功地为所有患者采用了其他安全措施。
COVID-19 大流行可能还会持续数年。我们认为,应该鼓励像本研究中那样,对 COVID-19 期间 UDS 安全实践的现有协议和指南进行持续改进、修订和更新。