ArticleThe Neurodiagnostic journal2020
Practical Considerations When Performing Neurodiagnostic Studies on Patients with COVID-19 and Other Highly Virulent Diseases.
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- Assessment of health equity consideration in masking/PPE policies to contain COVID-19 using PROGRESS-plus framework: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Frontotemporal EEG to guide sedation in COVID-19 related acute respiratory distress syndrome.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Article
- High Incidence of Epileptiform Potentials During Continuous EEG Monitoring in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- The Effective Cognitive Assessment and Training Methods for COVID-19 Patients With Cognitive Impairment.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
- Alpha coma EEG pattern in patients with severe COVID-19 related encephalopathy.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Observational
- Response to Canadian Neurophysiology Laboratory COVID-19 Practice Guidelines.The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 2021Article
- The COVID-19 outbreak and approaches to performing EEG in Europe.Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape · 2020Article
- Electroencephalography during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak: practical recommendations from the task force of the Italian Society of Neurophysiology (SINC), the Italian League Against Epilepsy (LICE), and the Italian Association of Neurophysiology Technologists (AITN).Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020Review
- Electroencephalographic (EEG) features of encephalopathy in the setting of Covid-19: A case series.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2020Article
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Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019, SARS-COV-2 (the cause of COVID-19), has led to a worldwide shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and an increased stress on hospital resources, which has resulted in a spike in the anxiety of the frontline healthcare workers. News reports and information about the virus are rapidly changing. We present a case of a patient with COVID-19 who had a seizure-like spell for which an EEG was performed. In early to mid-March, there were no clear guidelines or recommendations available from neurodiagnostic-related organizations or hospitals on how to adapt procedure workflow to those with COVID-19. When caring for COVID-19 patients, as when caring for any patient with an infectious disease, it is hospital protocol to follow contact, droplet/airborne precautions by wearing appropriate PPE. However, because we knew very little about the coronavirus, this case was different. In this article, we discuss our experience with our EEG workflow and concerns for staff exposure. We then discuss our adaptations and modifications to our standard procedures and protocols. A time analysis comparing our standard EEG protocol with our modified COVID-19 protocol revealed a significant decrease in technologist exposure time (99 minutes versus 51 minutes), which theoretically would reduce the chance of virus transmission to our technologist. At this critical moment in time, we hope such modifications will allow us to continue delivering high quality patient care while optimizing resource utilization and above all keeping our technologists safe.
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