Considerations for the Treatment of Inflammatory Neuro-Ophthalmologic Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
J Neuroophthalmol
; 40(3): 305-314, 2020 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-682845
ABSTRACT
The initiation and continuation of immune-based therapies to treat and prevent complications of inflammatory neuro-ophthalmologic disorders during the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is the subject of considerable debate. In each case, a treatment decision must be reached based on best clinical practices for the disorder, patient comorbidities, the current state of knowledge about the pathogenesis and infectivity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the utilization of hospital and community resources. Unfortunately, the evidence needed to standardize the decision-making process for each neuro-ophthalmologic disorder is currently absent and is likely to require months or years to develop based on the accrual of robust international data sets. In this article, we review the current understanding of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 complications to provide a framework for approaching the treatment of inflammatory neuro-ophthalmic disorders during the COVID-19 viral pandemic.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Eye Diseases
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
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Inflammation
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Nervous System Diseases
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Neuroophthalmol
Journal subject:
Neurology
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Ophthalmology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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