A Systematic Review on Guidelines and Recommendations for Urology Standard of Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The first case of the new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2), was identified in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. Since then, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was reclassified as a pandemic, and health systems around the world have faced an unprecedented challenge.

Objective

To summarize guidelines and recommendations on the urology standard of care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Evidence acquisition

Guidelines and recommendations published between November 2019 and April 17, 2020 were retrieved using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL. This was supplemented by searching the web pages of international urology societies. Our inclusion criteria were guidelines, recommendations, or best practice statements by international

SUBMITTER: Heldwein FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7274599 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature