Inpatient and outpatient case prioritization for patients with neuro-oncologic disease amid the COVID-19 pandemic: general guidance for neuro-oncology practitioners from the AANS/CNS Tumor Section and Society for Neuro-Oncology

The Coronavirus pandemic has created unprecedented strain on medical resources at health care institutions around the world. At many institutions, this has resulted in efforts to prioritize cases with an attempt to balance the acuity of medical needs with available resources. Here, we provide a fram...

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Autores principales: Ramakrishna, Rohan, Zadeh, Gelareh, Sheehan, Jason P., Aghi, Manish K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
Materias:
Topic Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7145274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32274630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11060-020-03488-7
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Sumario:The Coronavirus pandemic has created unprecedented strain on medical resources at health care institutions around the world. At many institutions, this has resulted in efforts to prioritize cases with an attempt to balance the acuity of medical needs with available resources. Here, we provide a framework for institutions and governments to help adjudicate treatment allocations to patients with neuro-oncologic disease.

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