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. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • 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.

publication date

  • April 9, 2020

Research

keywords

  • Betacoronavirus
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Health Personnel
  • Inpatients
  • Outpatients
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC7145274

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85083465093

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3171/2016.10.JNS16954

PubMed ID

  • 32274630

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 147

issue

  • 3