Open AccessChanges in Neuroanesthesia Practice During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences From a Single Center in China
Author(s) -
Minyu Jian,
Fa Liang,
Haiyang Liu,
Heng-yu Zeng,
Yuming Peng,
Ruquan Han
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1537-1921
pISSN - 0898-4921
DOI - 10.1097/ana.0000000000000730
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , neurosurgery , covid-19 , triage , emergency medicine , disease , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a novel coronavirus, is highly contagious. Global medical systems have been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the majority of patients with intracranial disease require time-sensitive surgery, how to conduct neurosurgery and prevent and control nosocomial infection during a pandemic is challenging.