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. 2020 Jul 1;87(1):E50-E56.
doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa116.

Letter: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic: A Neurosurgical Treatment Algorithm

John F Burke  1 , Andrew K Chan  1 , Valli Mummaneni  2 , Dean Chou  1 , Errol P Lobo  2 , Mitchel S Berger  1 , Philip V Theodosopoulos  1 , Praveen V Mummaneni  1
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Letter: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic: A Neurosurgical Treatment Algorithm

John F Burke et al. Neurosurgery. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Public health.

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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Volume limiting approach to elective scheduling. The surge level criteria are shown in the left column, the emergent case and the elective case recommendations are shown in the middle two columns, and the transfer center recommendations are shown in the right column. OR: operating room; ED: emergency department; appy: appendectomy; chole: cholecystectomy; hip fx: hip fracture; ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; IR: interventional radiology; cath: cardiac catheterization; PACU: post-anesthesia recovery unit. Community cases refer to active cases in the local region.
FIGURE 2.
FIGURE 2.
Paired Coverage Model. The following model of team-based paired coverage will go into effect during red levels of COVID-19 (see Figure 1). In this model, each individual hospital (columns) will have 3 groups of providers: 2 teams that switch coverage on a 3-d cycle, and an alternate group that substitutes for any team member who shows signs of illness. In this way, if a team becomes contaminated, the other team will take over, and the alternates will fill the gap. Contact between teams and alternates is prohibited. VA: Veterans Affairs Peds: pediatric; PGY: post-graduate year (resident level).
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FIGURE 3.
Checklist for booking neurosurgical cases during COVID-19 outbreak.
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FIGURE 4.
COVID-19 for the neurosurgeon: summary and take-away points.
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FIGURE 5.
Illustration of SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen of the COVID-19 global pandemic. © UCSF Department of Neurosurgery, 2020. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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