Italian experiences in the management of andrological patients at the time of Coronavirus pandemic
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Luigi Quaresima; Fulvio Colombo; Massimo Polito; Giorgio Gentile; Alessandro Franceschelli; Valerio Vagnoni; Franco Palmisano; Carlo Maretti; Andrea Fabiani
- Source
- Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia, Vol 93, Iss 1 (2021)
- Subject
- 0301 basic medicine
Male
Urologic Diseases
Urology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
030232 urology & nephrology
Private Practice
medicine.disease_cause
lcsh:RC870-923
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pandemic
Medicine
Humans
Disease management (health)
Andrology
Socioeconomics
Pandemics
Infertility, Male
Coronavirus
business.industry
Hospitals, Public
Mortality rate
Corporate governance
COVID-19
Disease Management
lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
Solidarity
030104 developmental biology
Italy
Private practice
SARS-CoV-2
Public hospitals
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2282-4197
The SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) was first reported in December 2019, then its rapid spread around the world caused a global pandemic in March 2020 recording a high death rate. The epicenter of the victims moved from Asia to Europe and then to the United States. In this Pandemic, the different governance mechanisms adopted by local health regional authorities made the difference in terms of contagiousness and mortality together with a community strong solidarity. This document analyzes the andrological urgencies management in public hospitals and in private practice observed in Italy and in particular in the most affected Italian Regions: Emilia-Romagna and Marche.