Preparedness and guidelines for neurosurgery in the COVID-19 era: Indian perspective from a tertiary care referral hospital.
Neurosurg Focus
; 49(6): E3, 2020 12.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33260133
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted healthcare systems globally. The need of the hour is the development of effective strategies for protecting the lives of healthcare providers (HCPs) and judicious triage for optimal utilization of human and hospital resources. During this pandemic, neurosurgery, like other specialties, must transform, innovate, and adopt new guidelines and safety protocols for reducing the risk of cross-infection of HCPs without compromising patient care. In this article, the authors discuss the current neurosurgical practice guidelines at a high-volume tertiary care referral hospital in India and compare them with international guidelines and global consensus for neurosurgery practice in the COVID-19 era. Additionally, the authors highlight some of the modifications incorporated into their clinical practice, including those for stratification of neurosurgical cases, patient triaging based on COVID-19 testing, optimal manpower management, infrastructure reorganization, evolving modules for resident training, and innovations in operating guidelines. The authors recommend the use of their blueprint for stratification of neurosurgical cases, including their protocol for algorithmic patient triage and management and their template for manpower allocation to COVID-19 duty, as a replicable model for efficient healthcare delivery.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Neurosurgical Procedures
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Tertiary Care Centers
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COVID-19 Testing
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COVID-19
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Health Workforce
Type of study:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Neurosurg Focus
Journal subject:
NEUROCIRURGIA
Year:
2020
Type:
Article