Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
J Neurooncol. 2020 May;147(3):525-529. doi: 10.1007/s11060-020-03488-7. Epub 2020 Apr 9.
The Coronavirus pandemic has created unprecedented strain on medical resources at health care institutions around the world. At many institutions, this has resulted in efforts to prioritize cases with an attempt to balance the acuity of medical needs with available resources. Here, we provide a framework for institutions and governments to help adjudicate treatment allocations to patients with neuro-oncologic disease.
冠状病毒大流行给世界各地医疗机构的医疗资源带来了前所未有的压力。在许多机构,这导致了优先考虑病例的努力,试图平衡医疗需求的紧迫性和可用资源。在这里,我们为医疗机构和政府提供了一个框架,以帮助裁决神经肿瘤疾病患者的治疗分配。