Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pathology and cytology practice in University Hospital Centre Rijeka
Autor: | Danijela Vrdoljak Mozetič, Anita Savić Vuković, Manuela Avirović, Irena Seili Bekafigo, Dora Fučkar Čupić, Ksenija Jurinović, Gordana Đorđević, Senija Eminović, Nives Jonjić |
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Jazyk: | English<br />Croatian |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
covid-19 – epidemiology
cytodiagnosis – statistics and numerical data pathology clinical – statistics and numerical data breast neoplasms – diagnosis epidemiology lung neoplasms – diagnosis colonic neoplasms – diagnosis prostatic neoplasms – diagnosis endometrial neoplasms – diagnosis Medicine (General) R5-920 |
Zdroj: | Liječnički vjesnik, Vol 143, Iss 3-4, Pp 81-89 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 0024-3477 1849-2177 |
DOI: | 10.26800/LV-143-3-4-1 |
Popis: | . Aim: To determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the overall practice of the histopathological and cytological laboratory at the University Hospital Centre Rijeka, and on the diagnosis of the most common cancers. Methods: The numbers of histopathological and cytological reports, newly diagnosed cancers of breast, lung, colon, endometrium, and prostate, molecular tests for EGFR mutations and HPV were extracted. Two periods, from March 1 to September 30 in 2019 and 2020 were analysed and compared, as the periods before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The total number of reports was statistically significantly lower during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, compared to the same period in 2019 (p |
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