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| العنوان: |
Early responses of neurosurgical practice to the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review. |
| المؤلفون: |
Hanrahan, John Gerrard, Burford, Charlotte, Adegboyega, Gideon, Nicolaides, Marios, Boyce, Louis, Wong, Kendra, Sideris, Michail |
| المصدر: |
World Neurosurg |
| بيانات النشر: |
Published by Elsevier Inc. |
| سنة النشر: |
2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Article |
| الوصف: |
INTRODUCTION: The novel coronavirus and subsequent pandemic have drastically transfigured healthcare delivery. Surgical specialties have seen severe alterations or reductions to practice, neurosurgery being one example where staff and resource reallocation has occurred to meet wider public health needs. This review summaries the published evidence detailing early experiences and changes to neurosurgical practice in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A systematic review was conducted up until 21(st) April in accordance with PRISMA guidelines, searching Medline, EMBASE, Pubmed, Scopus, Cochrane Central and Web of Science Core Collection databases. Individual studies were qualitatively assessed to outline core themes detailing changes to practice. Iterative analysis allowed themes to be developed and applied to all studies included in the review. RESULTS: 13 themes from 18 studies were identified, grouped into three overriding themes: logistics, human resources and clinical delivery. Studies originated from three of the most affected countries (USA, China and Italy), comprising of expert opinions, letters to the editor, editorials, case reports or perspective pieces. The commonest themes discussed include cancellation of elective operations, reduction in outpatient services and pandemic rotas. DISCUSSION: This review summaries the early responses of the neurosurgical community to the COVID-19 pandemic and presents a menu of interventions to be considered in future pandemic response, or in recurrent outbreaks of COVID-19. Whilst our review is limited by the low quality of evidence and rapid rate of change in our understanding of COVID-19, it provides a valuable summary of initial responses by the neurosurgical community to a global pandemic. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
text |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318941Test/ |
| الإتاحة: |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318941Test/ |
| حقوق: |
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| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.18104324 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
