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GuidelineThe Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2021

Practice Guidelines for Canadian Neurophysiology Laboratories During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists (CSCN), Canadian Association of Electroneurophysiology Technologists (CAET), Association of Electromyography Technologists of Canada (AETC), Board of Registration of Electromyography Technologists of Canada (BRETC), Canadian Board of Registration of Electroencephalograph Technologists (CBRET), Juan Pablo Appendino, Steven K Baker, Kristine M Chapman, Tamara Dykstra, Tabrez Hussein, Michelle-Lee Jones and 12 more

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In one paragraph

Guideline in The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Response from Authors to the Letter to the Editor.The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 2021
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  8. Response to Canadian Neurophysiology Laboratory COVID-19 Practice Guidelines.The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists (CSCN)
Canadian Association of Electroneurophysiology Technologists (CAET)
Association of Electromyography Technologists of Canada (AETC)
Board of Registration of Electromyography Technologists of Canada (BRETC), Canadian Board of Registration of Electroencephalograph Technologists (CBRET)
Juan Pablo AppendinoPediatric Neurology, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1112-7002
Steven K BakerDepartment of Medicine, Physical Medicine & Neurology, Peripheral Nerve Clinic, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Kristine M ChapmanDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Pauls, Canada.
Tamara DykstraEMG Clinic: Day Hospital, Riverview Health Centre, One Morley Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Tabrez HusseinDiagnostic Neurophysiology, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Michelle-Lee JonesMax Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Michelle M MezeiDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Seyed M MirsattariDepartments of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Medical Imaging, Medical Biophysics and Psychology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Marcus NgUniversity of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Joanne NikkelNeurodiagnostics Department, Health Sciences Center, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Vaso ObradovicSupervisor Neuromuscular Diseases Unit-VGH, Diamond Health Care Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Cecile PhanDivision of Neurology Faculty, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Lawrence RobinsonPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9590-8745
Angela ScottSt. Joseph's Health Care London, London, ON, Canada.
Jose Tellez-ZentenoUniversity of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Epilepsy Program, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Michelle Van NiekerkAviva Medical Specialists Clinic Inc., Barrie, ON, Canada.
Shannon VenanceDepartment of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Fraser MooreDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6890-9590

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on clinical practice. Safe standards of practice are essential to protect health care workers while still allowing them to provide good care. The Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists, the Canadian Association of Electroneurophysiology Technologists, the Association of Electromyography Technologists of Canada, the Board of Registration of Electromyography Technologists of Canada, and the Canadian Board of Registration of Electroencephalograph Technologists have combined to review current published literature about safe practices for neurophysiology laboratories. Herein, we present the results of our review and provide our expert opinion regarding the safe practice of neurophysiology during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

Indexed as

Neural ConductionCanadaCOVID-19Deep Brain StimulationDiagnostic Techniques, NeurologicalElectrodiagnosisElectroencephalographyElectromyographyHumansInfection ControlPatient IsolatorsPersonal Protective EquipmentPhysical DistancingSARS-CoV-2TriageVagus Nerve StimulationCanadaClinicalCOVID-19EEGEMGEMUEPGuidelinesIOMLaboratoryNeurophysiologyPracticeSafeSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32811585
PMCPMC7578631

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