Chen Deng, Zhu Lina, Lin Xin, Hong Zhen, Li Shichuo, Liu Ling, Zhou Dong
Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China.
Department of Neurology, Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040 China.
Acta Epileptol. 2020 May 12;2:6. doi: 10.1186/s42494-020-00015-z. eCollection 2020.
Epidemics are a big threat to world health. The ongoing pandemic of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a series of challenges to public health. One such challenge is the management of chronic diseases such as epilepsy during an epidemic event. Studies on this topic are rather limited and the related medical practice is full of uncertainty. Here we review recent development of potential approaches for epilepsy control during an epidemic and propose a new three-level management framework to address these challenges.
流行病对世界健康构成重大威胁。正在肆虐的2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行给公共卫生带来了一系列挑战。其中一个挑战是在疫情期间对癫痫等慢性病的管理。关于这一主题的研究相当有限,相关的医疗实践充满了不确定性。在此,我们回顾了疫情期间癫痫控制潜在方法的最新进展,并提出了一个新的三级管理框架来应对这些挑战。