Algorithm of traumatic brain injury management at Indonesia in the COVID 19 pandemic ERA. Retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

COVID-19, a global pandemic, affects neurosurgical care in Indonesia. This study has objective to propose guideline and algorithm recommendation for the management of TBI patients during this pandemic, which can be used flexibly at neurosurgery centers, both in Indonesia and throughout the world.

Methods

We performed retrospective Cohort analysis from TBI database at tertiary public general hospitals. All neurotrauma cases from mid-February until mid-August 2020 was included in this study. The chronology of COVID-19 pandemics impact in Indonesia was defined by early period from mid-February until end of May 2020, and late period are latter. All subjects undergone the screening and perioperative measures that based on our proposes scoring system and algorithm as fo

SUBMITTER: Rosyidi RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7819803 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature