Scoping review: hotspots for COVID-19 urological research: what is being published and from where?
World J Urol
; 39(9): 3151-3160, 2021 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-754593
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Contemporary, original research should be utilised to inform guidelines in urology relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. This comprehensive review aimed to identify all up-to-date original publications relating to urology and COVID-19, characterise where publications were from, and outline what topics were investigated.METHODS:
This review utilised a search strategy that assessed five electronic databases, additional grey literature, and global trial registries. All current published, in-press, and pre-print manuscripts were included. Eligible studies were required to be original research articles of any study design, reporting on COVID-19 or urology, in any of study population, intervention, comparison, or outcomes. Included studies were reported in a narrative synthesis format. Data were summarised according to primary reported outcome topic. A world heatmap was generated to represent where included studies originated from.RESULTS:
Of the 6617 search results, 48 studies met final inclusion criteria, including 8 pre-prints and 7 ongoing studies from online registries. These studies originated from ten countries according to first author affiliation. Most studies originated from China (n = 13), followed by Italy (n = 12) and USA (n = 11). Topics of the study included pathophysiological, administrative, and clinical fields translational (n = 14), COVID-19-related outcomes (n = 5), urology training (n = 4), telemedicine (n = 7), equipment and safety (n = 2), urology in general (n = 4), uro-oncology (n = 3), urolithiasis (n = 1), and kidney transplantation (n = 8).CONCLUSION:
This review has outlined available original research relevant to COVID-19 and urology from the international community. This summary may serve as a guide for future research priorities in this area.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Publishing
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Urology
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Kidney Transplantation
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Biomedical Research
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COVID-19
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Medical Oncology
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
World J Urol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S00345-020-03434-2
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