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Turkey's Response To Covid-19 Pandemic: Strategy And Key Actions, Gülşen Barlas, Harun Öztürk, Gülen Pehli̇vantürk, Sabahatti̇n Aydin
Turkey's Response To Covid-19 Pandemic: Strategy And Key Actions, Gülşen Barlas, Harun Öztürk, Gülen Pehli̇vantürk, Sabahatti̇n Aydin
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
COVID-19 emerged at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China, and spread rapidly around the world causing many deaths. Due to the intercontinental escalation in the epidemic, while WHO declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, our country's first case was diagnosed. Before this, the MoH established the Operations Center against possible risks regarding the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan on January 10, 2020 and formed the Scientific Committee, which has a critical importance in epidemic management. National and Provincial Pandemic Coordination Boards were established within the scope of this plan. Fast, effective and frequently updated decisions were implemented. The epidemic …
Going Back To Normal, But How? Re-Opening Policies And The Standards For A New Normal, Levent Akin
Going Back To Normal, But How? Re-Opening Policies And The Standards For A New Normal, Levent Akin
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Governments implemented to nonpharmacological methods and various limitation policies such as closing nonessential businesses, schools and limiting group gatherings, promoting social distancing, use of personal protective equipment, advising staying at home. These policies have caused various problems in social and economic life and gradual increase in psychosocial well-being problems. All societies yearningly are waiting for the COVID-19 pandemic to be brought under control and the measures to be lifted in order to return to their previous lives. Indicators are needed to assess the burden of disease in the country while lifting measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic. When using these …
The Clinical Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Daily Urological Practice:First 3-Month Multicenter Results From İstanbul, Mehmet Çağlar Çakici, Mustafa Zafer Temi̇z, Ayberk İpli̇kçi̇, Faruk Özgör, Alper Kerem Aksoy, Murat Özer, Selçuk Erdem, İsmai̇l Ulus, Eyüp Veli̇ Küçük, Alper Ötünçtemur, Mehmet Enes Deği̇rmenci̇, Reşat Aydin, Ramazan Gökhan Atiş, Ahmet Yaser Müslümanoğlu, Ömer Sarilar
The Clinical Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Daily Urological Practice:First 3-Month Multicenter Results From İstanbul, Mehmet Çağlar Çakici, Mustafa Zafer Temi̇z, Ayberk İpli̇kçi̇, Faruk Özgör, Alper Kerem Aksoy, Murat Özer, Selçuk Erdem, İsmai̇l Ulus, Eyüp Veli̇ Küçük, Alper Ötünçtemur, Mehmet Enes Deği̇rmenci̇, Reşat Aydin, Ramazan Gökhan Atiş, Ahmet Yaser Müslümanoğlu, Ömer Sarilar
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Background/aim: The aim of this paper was to determine the general tendencies of urology patients and effect of COVID-19 pandemic on daily urological practice at tertiary centers located in the most affected area in Turkey. Materials and methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 39,677 patients (group 1) that applied to 6 different large-volume tertiary centers in İstanbul for outpatient consultation, surgery, or other procedures in the 3-month period between March 16 and June 14, 2020. The distribution of the number of patients who applied to subspecialty sections of urology outpatient clinics and inpatient services were recorded by weeks. That …