Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologists

Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologists

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has become a pandemic disease globally. Although COVID-19 directly invades lungs, it also involves the nervous system. Therefore, patients with nervous system involvement as the presenting symptoms in the early stage of infection may easily be misdiagnosed and the...

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Main Authors: Longde Wang, Yong Wang, Ying Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Online Access:https://svn.bmj.com/content/5/2/146.full
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spelling doaj-ead16279540f4c9589e2c4b938b073452020-11-25T03:31:48ZengBMJ Publishing GroupStroke and Vascular Neurology2059-86962020-06-015210.1136/svn-2020-000382Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologistsLongde Wang0Yong Wang1Ying Su23 Stroke Prevention and Control Steering Committee, National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing, China1 Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has become a pandemic disease globally. Although COVID-19 directly invades lungs, it also involves the nervous system. Therefore, patients with nervous system involvement as the presenting symptoms in the early stage of infection may easily be misdiagnosed and their treatment delayed. They become silent contagious sources or ‘virus spreaders’. In order to help neurologists to better understand the occurrence, development and prognosis, we have developed this consensus of prevention and management of COVID‐19. It can also assist other healthcare providers to be familiar with and recognise COVID-19 in their evaluation of patients in the clinic and hospital environment.https://svn.bmj.com/content/5/2/146.full
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title Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologists
title_short Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologists
title_full Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologists
title_fullStr Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologists
title_full_unstemmed Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologists
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publishDate 2020-06-01
description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has become a pandemic disease globally. Although COVID-19 directly invades lungs, it also involves the nervous system. Therefore, patients with nervous system involvement as the presenting symptoms in the early stage of infection may easily be misdiagnosed and their treatment delayed. They become silent contagious sources or ‘virus spreaders’. In order to help neurologists to better understand the occurrence, development and prognosis, we have developed this consensus of prevention and management of COVID‐19. It can also assist other healthcare providers to be familiar with and recognise COVID-19 in their evaluation of patients in the clinic and hospital environment.
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