The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the treatment of cancer patients: the first steps in this fight
Background: The new Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) represents a global threat due to its increased mortality, especially among the elderly and people with severe comorbidities, such as cancer. Objectives: Through the specific measures that have been imposed to reduce...
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| author | Gabriela Rahnea-Nita Dumitru-Cristinel Badiu Cristian Gabriel Popescu Valentin-Titus Grigorean Dragos Serban Catalin Gabriel Smarandache Roxana-Andreea Rahnea-Nita Anda-Natalia Ciuhu Mihaela Mandu Liliana-Florina Andronache Alexandru-Rares Stoian |
| author_facet | Gabriela Rahnea-Nita Dumitru-Cristinel Badiu Cristian Gabriel Popescu Valentin-Titus Grigorean Dragos Serban Catalin Gabriel Smarandache Roxana-Andreea Rahnea-Nita Anda-Natalia Ciuhu Mihaela Mandu Liliana-Florina Andronache Alexandru-Rares Stoian |
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| description | Background: The new Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) represents a global threat due to its increased mortality, especially among the elderly and people with severe comorbidities, such as cancer.
Objectives: Through the specific measures that have been imposed to reduce the risk of infection and death, the working hypothesis is prepared: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has drastically decreased the hospital admissions of cancer patients, the frequency of hospitalizations and determined an increased mortality rate through the infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus in cancer patients.
Methods: For a period of 16 weeks, the hospitalizations of patients to the Chronic Oncology-Palliative Care Department of “St. Luke” Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Bucharest, were analyzed, being compared to the same period of the previous year and, also, there were patients with symptoms specific to COVID-19 infection, tested for SARS-CoV-2 by means of RT-PCR.
Results: The data analysis shows a 53.7% decrease among hospitalized patients – with 51.4 for day hospitalization and 50.2% for inpatient hospitalization, during the COVID-19 pandemic. 4 patients out of the 477 admitted to the Oncology Department in this period had a positive RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 test during their hospitalization and 5 patients with symptoms common for both cancer and COVID-19 had a negative result through specific testing (Table I, Table II). Two other patients recorded on the unit were infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus and required admission and treatment in the COVID-19 Department. The willingness of the cancer patient to consult a physician for admission has greatly decreased in the first 16 weeks from the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusion: Cancer patients, although at an increased risk of being infected, did not exhibit severe symptoms, and the evolution of the symptoms and the performance state after the discharge from the COVID-19 department was influenced by the age and the associated comorbidities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11bab31469a840709c753f9523218fd32022-12-22T04:25:24ZengUniversity of MessinaMediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology2282-16192021-08-019210.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-30112507The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the treatment of cancer patients: the first steps in this fightGabriela Rahnea-Nita0Dumitru-Cristinel Badiu1Cristian Gabriel Popescu2Valentin-Titus Grigorean3Dragos Serban4Catalin Gabriel Smarandache5Roxana-Andreea Rahnea-Nita6Anda-Natalia Ciuhu7Mihaela Mandu8Liliana-Florina Andronache9Alexandru-Rares Stoian10Department of Oncology, “St. Luke” Hospital for Chronic Diseases – Palliative Care, Bucharest - Department of Oncology, Radiology and Hematology,“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and PharmacyDepartment of Oncology, “St. Luke” Hospital for Chronic Diseases – Palliative Care, Bucharest - Department of Oncology, Radiology and Hematology,“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and PharmacyDepartment of Surgery,“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest- Department of Surgery, “Bagdasar Arseni” Emergency Hospital, BucharestDepartment of Surgery,“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest - Department of Surgery, “Bagdasar Arseni” Emergency Hospital, BucharestDepartment of Surgery,“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest - Department of Surgery, The University and Emergency Hospital, BucharestDepartment of Surgery,“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest - Department of Surgery, The University and Emergency Hospital, BucharestDepartment of Oncology, “St. Luke” Hospital for Chronic Diseases – Palliative Care, Bucharest - Department of Oncology, Radiology and Hematology,“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, BucharestDepartment of Oncology, “St. Luke” Hospital for Chronic Diseases – Palliative Care, BucharestDepartment of Neuro-rehabilitation, “Bagdasar Arseni” Emergency Hospital, BucharestDepartment of Modern Languages,“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, BucharestDepartment of Surgery,“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest - Department of Surgery, “Bagdasar Arseni” Emergency Hospital, BucharestBackground: The new Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) represents a global threat due to its increased mortality, especially among the elderly and people with severe comorbidities, such as cancer. Objectives: Through the specific measures that have been imposed to reduce the risk of infection and death, the working hypothesis is prepared: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has drastically decreased the hospital admissions of cancer patients, the frequency of hospitalizations and determined an increased mortality rate through the infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus in cancer patients. Methods: For a period of 16 weeks, the hospitalizations of patients to the Chronic Oncology-Palliative Care Department of “St. Luke” Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Bucharest, were analyzed, being compared to the same period of the previous year and, also, there were patients with symptoms specific to COVID-19 infection, tested for SARS-CoV-2 by means of RT-PCR. Results: The data analysis shows a 53.7% decrease among hospitalized patients – with 51.4 for day hospitalization and 50.2% for inpatient hospitalization, during the COVID-19 pandemic. 4 patients out of the 477 admitted to the Oncology Department in this period had a positive RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 test during their hospitalization and 5 patients with symptoms common for both cancer and COVID-19 had a negative result through specific testing (Table I, Table II). Two other patients recorded on the unit were infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus and required admission and treatment in the COVID-19 Department. The willingness of the cancer patient to consult a physician for admission has greatly decreased in the first 16 weeks from the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: Cancer patients, although at an increased risk of being infected, did not exhibit severe symptoms, and the evolution of the symptoms and the performance state after the discharge from the COVID-19 department was influenced by the age and the associated comorbidities.https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/3011covid-19cancer patientsclinical psycho-oncologycommon symptomshospital admissionsrt-pcr. |
| spellingShingle | Gabriela Rahnea-Nita Dumitru-Cristinel Badiu Cristian Gabriel Popescu Valentin-Titus Grigorean Dragos Serban Catalin Gabriel Smarandache Roxana-Andreea Rahnea-Nita Anda-Natalia Ciuhu Mihaela Mandu Liliana-Florina Andronache Alexandru-Rares Stoian The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the treatment of cancer patients: the first steps in this fight Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology covid-19 cancer patients clinical psycho-oncology common symptoms hospital admissions rt-pcr. |
| title | The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the treatment of cancer patients: the first steps in this fight |
| title_full | The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the treatment of cancer patients: the first steps in this fight |
| title_fullStr | The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the treatment of cancer patients: the first steps in this fight |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the treatment of cancer patients: the first steps in this fight |
| title_short | The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the treatment of cancer patients: the first steps in this fight |
| title_sort | impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the treatment of cancer patients the first steps in this fight |
| topic | covid-19 cancer patients clinical psycho-oncology common symptoms hospital admissions rt-pcr. |
| url | https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/3011 |
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