Prioritizing neurosurgical patients care: Limited resources and successful management in COVID pandemic

Prioritizing neurosurgical patients care: Limited resources and successful management in COVID pandemic

Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Moshiur Rahman, Gaousul Azam, Avijit Dey, Ezequiel Garcia-Ballestas, Amit Agrawa, Robert Ahmed Khan

COVID-19 has become an alarming pandemic for our earth. Worldwide, healthcare workers including neurosurgeons are facing challenges in prioritizing neurosurgical patients. Here we have tried to draw attention to the effective management of patients with limited resources. Prioritizing surgical cases in emergencies, overseeing triage framework for neurosurgeries, rebuilding of the inpatient service, should be of utmost priority. Neurosurgeons should point in the amendment as far as a good life for everybody, while still prioritizing equity in the distribution of services.

2020

management, covid-19, Pandemic, neurosurgery

10.32598/irjns.6.2.8

Biotemas

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, Surgery