Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on patients with obstructing urinary stones complicated by infection

Objective To assess the influence of COVID‐19‐imposed life changes on presentation and outcomes of patients with obstructing urinary stones complicated by infection. Patients and methods All patients presenting with obstructing urinary stones and infection 1 year before the pandemic (March 2019 to F...

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Published in:BJUI compass 2022-07, Vol.3 (4), p.298-303
Main Authors: Herzberg, Haim, Savin, Ziv, Lasmanovich, Rinat, Marom, Ron, Ben‐David, Reuben, Mano, Roy, Yossepowitch, Ofer, Sofer, Mario
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Blood
calculi
Confidence intervals
COVID-19
Emergency medical care
Heart rate
Hospitalization
Hospitals
infection
Infections
Intensive care
Kidney diseases
Kidney stones
Microscopy
obstruction
Original
Pandemics
Patients
Regression analysis
Sepsis
To the Clinic
Tomography
ureter
Urine
Variables
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Summary:Objective To assess the influence of COVID‐19‐imposed life changes on presentation and outcomes of patients with obstructing urinary stones complicated by infection. Patients and methods All patients presenting with obstructing urinary stones and infection 1 year before the pandemic (March 2019 to February 2020; n = 66) and 1 year since its onset (March 2020 to February 2021; n = 45) were enrolled. Demographics, clinical presentation, laboratory panel, stone characteristics and outcomes were compared between groups. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were performed for analysis. Results The COVID‐19 period was characterised by younger patients, female predominance, higher temperature at presentation and more bilateral obstructing stones (p 
ISSN:2688-4526
2688-4526
DOI:10.1002/bco2.145