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COVID-19: cancer and corticosteroids

4 September 2020 | | Urologic Oncology, COVID-19 - Urology News
Under the prevailing COVID-19 crisis, this article is well worth reading. The current World Health Organization (WHO) guidance is not to start steroids in cancer cases, but there is no clear evidence of risks with steroids in cancer patients having...

Covid-19, cancer, and other calamities

6 April 2020 | | COVID-19 - Urology News
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is upon us. The government and NHS are going full-steam ahead with their preparations for the onslaught, freeing up operating theatres, intensive care units, and even private hospital beds and staff, to accommodate the expected influx...

COVID-19 Useful Resources

30 March 2020 | COVID-19 - Urology News
This list will be updated as new sources of information emerge – let us know if there’s any resources we should be listing here by emailing jennifer@pinpoint-scotland.com
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COVID-19 and acute kidney injury

7 July 2020 | | Trauma and Emergency Urology, COVID-19 - Urology News
Newspapers and online media are full of the effects of the coronavirus on airways and olfactory functions and the importance of respiratory physicians (pulmonologists in the USA), ventilators and intensive care teams. However, as per the Intensive Care National Audit...
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Urinary frequency and COVID-19: is there a missing link?

5 May 2021 | | Functional Urology, Infection, Trauma and Emergency Urology | COVID-19, Urinary frequency, Urinary infection, Triage, Viral cystitis
The current COVID pandemic has been a worldwide challenge for over a year. It can affect an individual in various ways. According to the World Health Organization, the classical signs are dry cough, fever and shortness of breath. In addition,...

COVID-19: the impact on urology so far

4 May 2020 | | COVID-19 - Urology News
“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” Florence Nightingale Since 31 December 2019 when a cluster of pneumonia cases with an unknown cause were first referred to the WHO Country Office in China, there has been...

Technology for remote working and COVID-19 resources

2 April 2020 | | COVID-19 - Urology News
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered every aspect of how we live, and how healthcare needs to be provided for the welfare of patients and staff. I thought I would try to summarise a few potential technology tools that could be...

COVID-19: Pete’s Bogus Journey

1 June 2021 | | COVID-19 - Urology News
This article was originally published EYE NEWS VOLUME 27 ISSUE 6 APRIL/MAY 2021 The author shares his personal experience of contracting coronavirus. I managed to body swerve COVID-19 for nine months. The Pfizer vaccine was being rolled out in my...

Establishing a new TPPBx service during the COVID-19 pandemic

6 November 2020 | | Urologic Oncology, Technological Developments, COVID-19 - Urology News
COVID-19 had a major impact on our hospital services from early in the pandemic, with almost three times as many patients being ventilated compared to the normal ITU capacity at the beginning of April. During the build-up to this point,...

COVID-19 Message from the editor May 2020

4 May 2020 | | COVID-19 - Urology News
It is difficult to write about the crisis the world is facing at the moment without using superlatives or being too stark about the scale of the greatest-ever challenge that we all face at the moment. These are unprecedented times...

COVID-19 cuts prostate cancer referrals in half

7 October 2020 | COVID-19 - Urology News, Urologic Oncology
Charity warns that 3500 men risk being diagnosed with incurable cancer as referrals drop to lowest in 10 years Urgent referrals for urological cancers have dropped by half in England (49.5%) compared to the same period last year as the...

The COVID-19 ‘frontlines’: a foundation doctor’s perspective

22 April 2020 | | COVID-19 - Urology News
Staring through the fragmented stained glass of the Virgin Mary and her assorted angels, I reflected on the strangeness of the workplace I now found myself in and the irony of a workforce now working together more enthusiastically than ever...