Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologists
Open Access
- 1 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Stroke and Vascular Neurology
- Vol. 5 (2), 146-151
- https://doi.org/10.1136/svn-2020-000382
Abstract
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.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1312200)
- Major refractory diseases pilot project of clinical collaboration with Chinese and Western Medicine (SATCM-20180339)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81671147, 81820108010, 81974182)
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