id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-282361-gje78nb1 Gökce, Mehmet İlker How does the COVID-19 pandemic affect the preoperative evaluation and anesthesia applied for urinary stones? EULIS eCORE–IAU multicenter collaborative cohort study 2020-05-20 .txt text/plain 3248 154 43 In this study it is aimed to identify the up-to-date practice patterns related to preoperative evaluation and anesthesia for stone disease interventions during COVID-19 pandemic. Information on the type of the stone related conditions, management strategies, anesthesiologic evaluation, anesthesia methods, and any alterations related to COVID-19 pandemic was collected. Rate of preoperative testing, emergency procedures, conservative approaches and topical/regional anesthesia increased after 21 days. The primary end point of the study was to collect information on the type of the stone related conditions, management strategies, anesthesiologic evaluation, anesthesia methods, and any alterations related to COVID-19 pandemic. While some guidelines suggest PCR testing in suspicious cases, the guidelines for sections with a high likelihood of virus load, such as otolaryngology, suggest that it can be performed Fig. 2 Summary of preoperative additional testing, alteration in anesthesia method and stone related procedures in the European cohort in all patients [14] . ./cache/cord-282361-gje78nb1.txt ./txt/cord-282361-gje78nb1.txt