COVID-19: Screening and triage challenges in people with disability due to Spinal Cord Injury

An outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan has rapidly become a global public health pandemic. As of March 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described priority levels for testing patients with suspected COVID-19 and in...

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Autores principales: Korupolu, Radha, Stampas, Argyrios, Gibbons, Carlee, Hernandez Jimenez, Isaac, Skelton, Felicia, Verduzco-Gutierrez, Monica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7212840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32393767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41394-020-0284-7
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author Korupolu, Radha
Stampas, Argyrios
Gibbons, Carlee
Hernandez Jimenez, Isaac
Skelton, Felicia
Verduzco-Gutierrez, Monica
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description An outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan has rapidly become a global public health pandemic. As of March 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described priority levels for testing patients with suspected COVID-19 and information on when to seek medical attention. However, there is a paucity of further guidance for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) who may not present with typical symptoms of COVID-19 due to altered physiology. This may pose challenges with surveillance, risk stratification, and initial management of this vulnerable population. In this point-counterpoint discussion, we outline important differences in presentation along with COVID-19 cases co-morbid with SCI.
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spelling pubmed-72128402020-05-11 COVID-19: Screening and triage challenges in people with disability due to Spinal Cord Injury Korupolu, Radha Stampas, Argyrios Gibbons, Carlee Hernandez Jimenez, Isaac Skelton, Felicia Verduzco-Gutierrez, Monica Spinal Cord Ser Cases Perspective An outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan has rapidly become a global public health pandemic. As of March 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described priority levels for testing patients with suspected COVID-19 and information on when to seek medical attention. However, there is a paucity of further guidance for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) who may not present with typical symptoms of COVID-19 due to altered physiology. This may pose challenges with surveillance, risk stratification, and initial management of this vulnerable population. In this point-counterpoint discussion, we outline important differences in presentation along with COVID-19 cases co-morbid with SCI. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7212840/ /pubmed/32393767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41394-020-0284-7 Text en © International Spinal Cord Society 2020
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