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cord-262729-qcijsyo6	Eichberg, Daniel G	Letter: Academic Neurosurgery Department Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Model	2020-04-11		.txt	text/plain	1089	78	45	Therefore, we have empowered a small neurosurgery COVID team consisting of senior neurosurgeons with multidisciplinary backgrounds who review a brief history and select imaging studies and make decisions for urgent surgical cases. We continue to schedule clinic visits to evaluate potentially urgent surgical patients, which are determined during a clinic prescreen. Since implementation, we have decreased the number of clinic visits by 80%; however, we continue to see and evaluate the same number of patients prior to this protocol. Only the minimal number of residents and/or fellows required for patient care are allowed to come to the hospital. To minimize faculty exposure, we have re-organized the call schedules so that one provider covers multiple hospitals and sub-specialties -with appropriate at home Postoperative neurosurgical patients are often medically fragile; thus exposure to COVID-19 may be extremely deleterious. During the COVID-19 pandemic, emergent and urgent neurosurgical procedures should continue to be performed, while deferring elective surgeries.	./cache/cord-262729-qcijsyo6.txt	./txt/cord-262729-qcijsyo6.txt