A Commentary on the Challenges of Telemedicine for Head and Neck Oncologic Patients during COVID-19.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 163(1): 81-82, 2020 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-133563
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented and historic event that presents unique challenges to patient care to medical providers worldwide. The pandemic and the ensuing rapid changes to medical practice have particularly affected head and neck cancer surgeons and their patients. In an effort to balance the needs of our patients with the risks to patient and staff safety, we have been tasked with finding alternatives to the traditional office visit. In this commentary, we discuss how telemedicine can be incorporated into the head and neck surgery practice, the challenges that we have faced, and the dilemmas with which we have dealt in our efforts to fulfill the ongoing need for care of this unique patient population.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Telemedicine
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Coronavirus Infections
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Disease Transmission, Infectious
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Pandemics
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Surgical Oncology
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Betacoronavirus
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Head and Neck Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Journal subject:
Otolaryngology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
0194599820923622
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