Penn Medicine Head and Neck Cancer Service Line COVID-19 management guidelines

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INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus has altered the health care environment for the management of head and neck cancers. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide direction during the pandemic for rational Head and Neck Cancer management in order to achieve a medically and ethically appropriate balance of risks and benefits.

METHODS: Creation of consensus document.

RESULTS: The process yielded a consensus statement among a wide range of practitioners involved in the management of patients with head and neck cancer in a multihospital tertiary care health system.

CONCLUSIONS: These guidelines support an ethical approach for the management of head and neck cancers during the COVID-19 epidemic consistent with both the local standard of care as well as the head and neck oncological literature.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Head & neck - 42(2020), 7 vom: 20. Juli, Seite 1507-1515

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Weinstein, Gregory S [VerfasserIn]
Cohen, Roger [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
O'Malley, Bert W [VerfasserIn]
Lukens, John [VerfasserIn]
Swisher-McClure, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Shanti, Rabie M [VerfasserIn]
Newman, Jason G [VerfasserIn]
Parhar, Harman S [VerfasserIn]
Tasche, Kendall [VerfasserIn]
Brody, Robert M [VerfasserIn]
Chalian, Ara [VerfasserIn]
Cannady, Steven [VerfasserIn]
Palmer, James N [VerfasserIn]
Adappa, Nithin D [VerfasserIn]
Kohanski, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Bauml, Joshua [VerfasserIn]
Aggarwal, Charu [VerfasserIn]
Montone, Kathleen [VerfasserIn]
Livolsi, Virginia [VerfasserIn]
Baloch, Zubair W [VerfasserIn]
Jalaly, Jalal B [VerfasserIn]
Cooper, Kumarasen [VerfasserIn]
Rajasekaran, Karthik [VerfasserIn]
Loevner, Laurie [VerfasserIn]
Rassekh, Christopher [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coronavirus
Head and neck cancer
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.07.2020

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/hed.26318

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311627897