Battle-Tested Guidelines and Operational Protocols for Neurosurgical Practice in Times of a Pandemic : Lessons Learned from COVID-19

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The COVID-19 outbreak has led to fundamental disruptions of health care and its delivery with sweeping implications for patients and physicians of all specialties, including neurosurgery. In an effort to conserve hospital resources, neurosurgical procedures were classified into tiers to determine which procedures have to be performed in a timely fashion and which ones can be temporarily suspended to aid in the hospital's reallocation of resources when equipment is scarce. These guidelines were created quickly based on little existing evidence, and thus were initially variable and required refinement. As the early wave can now be assessed in retrospect, the authors describe the lessons learned and the protocols established based on published global evidence to continue to practice neurosurgery sensibly and minimize disruptions. These operational protocols can be applied in a surge of COVID-19 or another airborne pandemic.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: World Neurosurg. 2021 Mar;147:223. - PMID 33685004

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

Enthalten in:

World neurosurgery - 146(2021) vom: 15. Feb., Seite 20-25

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Al Saiegh, Fadi [VerfasserIn]
Mouchtouris, Nikolaos [VerfasserIn]
Khanna, Omaditya [VerfasserIn]
Baldassari, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Theofanis, Thana [VerfasserIn]
Ghosh, Ritam [VerfasserIn]
Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula [VerfasserIn]
Gooch, Michael Reid [VerfasserIn]
Herial, Nabeel [VerfasserIn]
Zarzour, Hekmat [VerfasserIn]
Romo, Victor [VerfasserIn]
Mahla, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Rosenwasser, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Jabbour, Pascal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Guidelines
Journal Article
Neuroanesthesia
Neurosurgical practice
Protocols
Review

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Date Completed 10.03.2021

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: World Neurosurg. 2021 Mar;147:223. - PMID 33685004

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.095

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317962396