The lockdown effect on gynaecological cancer surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vasilis Theodoulidis, Anastasia Prodromidou, Kyveli Aggelou, Anastasia Mortaki, Konstantina Trimmi, Nikolaos Thomakos

The COVID-19 outbreak increased significantly the burden of hospital based services in an international setting. Facilities dealing with cancer cases had to cope with the burden of the disease and with the waiting lists that continuously grow as cancer patients tend to refer with increasing rates in referral centers. Surgical departments …

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Two critically ill pregnant patients with SARS-CoV-2: A clinical cases report from the Republic of Cyprus

Andria Syka, Kyriakos Alexandrou, Lakis Palazis

An interdisciplinary and individualized approach should be implemented with regard to the management of severe COVID-19 in pregnancy. The present study deals with the clinical course of 2 pregnant women who have been diagnosed with this disease and needed admission to an ICU and mechanical respiratory support in Cyprus. The data collection took place in a general ICU of the General Hospital of Nicosia …

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The impact of proactive strategies on pregnancy healthcare during the COVID-19 epidemic.

George Daskalakis, Marianna Theodora, Sofia Koura, Dimitrios Loutradis, Vasilios Pergialiotis

 

 

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption of daily activities in almost every aspect of life1. Epidemiological reflexes were criticized by many as inadequate as the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic two months after the initial reports of a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan2. In a national level governmental reflexes across the world varied significantly and countries that acted proactively effectively kept the prevalence of the disease in acceptable levels …