Management of neurological care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 epidemic has led to the need for unprecedented decisions to be made to maintain the provision of neurological care. This article addresses operational decision-making during the epidemic.

Development: We report the measures taken, including the preparation of a functional reorganisation plan, strategies for hospitalisation and emergency management, the use of telephone consultations to maintain neurological care, provision of care at a unit outside the hospital for priority patients, decisions about complementary testing and periodic in-hospital treatments, and the use of a specific telephone service to prioritise patients with epileptic seizures.

Conclusion: Despite the situation of confinement, neurology departments must continue to provide patient care through different means of operation. Like all elements of management, these must be evaluated.

Keywords: Asistencia neurológica; COVID-19; Covid-19; Departamento de neurología; Gestión sanitaria; Healthcare management; Neurological care; Neurology department; SARS-CoV-2; SARS2-CoV.