Sharing Strategies for Safe Delivery of Surgical Care for Children in the COVID-19 Era

Optimal perioperative practices in the setting of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain under evolution.1, 2 We aim to provide an update to our prior publication3 regarding pediatric surgical practices to help guide safe perioperative decision-making related to COVID-19. Specifically, we provide reports on ongoing controversial topics, including concerns around increased postoperative morbidity and mortality secondary to COVID-19, current perioperative protocols regarding personalized protective equipment (PPE) and patient screening, and variation in current practices around the timing of elective surgical care.