Patient prioritization and management during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Published in: Interventional neuroradiology Vol. 27; no. 1_suppl; pp. 19 - 23
• Main Authors: Aggour, Mohamed, Tran Chi, Cuong, Fiehler, Jens
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-10-2021
• Subjects: Part I; COVID-19; patient prioritization; SARS-CoV-2
• ISSN: 1591-0199; 2385-2011
• DOI: 10.1177/15910199211035302

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected the healthcare system in a major way generally. Healthcare re-organization of resources and manpower, establishing management protocols and specific patients’ pathways are all evolving with the continuously changing situation. Neuro-vascular management and its re-organization are part of these global measures to cope with this pandemic in a way to establish less risky patients’ pathways, help in patients’ triage, protecting the staff by introducing training and applying safety measures and to manage neuro-vascular emergencies and elective activity. We here describe the situation of the pandemic affecting neuro-vascular interventions and propose our recommendations for patients’ triage, resources management and organization, remote solutions and preparations for any future waves.