Prioritization and management recommendations of pediatric urology conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Daniel T Keefe¹, Mandy Rickard¹, Peter Anderson², Darius Bagli¹, Anne-Sophie Blais³, Stéphane Bolduc³, Luis H Braga⁴, Natasha Brownrigg⁴, Michael Chua¹, Sumit Dave⁵, Joana Dos Santos¹, Luis Guerra⁶, Allen H Hayashi⁷, Mélise A Keays⁶, Soojin Kim⁸, Martin A Koyle¹, Linda C Lee⁷, Armando J Lorenzo¹, Dawn MacLellan², Landan MacDonald², Andrew E MacNeily⁸, Peter D Metcalfe⁹, Katherine Moore³, Rodrigo L P Romao^{2

10}, Peter Z T Wang⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Urology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Division of Pediatric Urology, IWK Health Centre, Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
³ Division d'Urologie, Département de Chirurgie, CHU de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Surgery/Urology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁷ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada.
⁸ Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Alberta, Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
¹⁰ Division of Pediatric Surgery, IWK Health Centre, Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

PMID: 32525802
PMCID: PMC7654666
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.6693

Prioritization and management recommendations of pediatric urology conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Daniel T Keefe et al. Can Urol Assoc J. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;14(6):E237-E250.

doi: 10.5489/cuaj.6693.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Urology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Division of Pediatric Urology, IWK Health Centre, Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
³ Division d'Urologie, Département de Chirurgie, CHU de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Surgery/Urology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁷ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada.
⁸ Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Alberta, Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
¹⁰ Division of Pediatric Surgery, IWK Health Centre, Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

PMID: 32525802
PMCID: PMC7654666
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.6693

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Dr. Bolduc has been a principal investigator for clinical trials supported by Astellas and Pfizer. Dr. Moore has been an advisory board member for Pfizer; has received speaker honoraria for Duchesnay and Hollister; and has been an investigator for clinical trials supported by Astellas and Pfizer. The remaining authors reports no competing personal or financial interests related to this work.

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Prioritization and management recommendations of pediatric urology conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic

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