Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
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Clin Neurol Neurosurg · Oct 2020
Keeping the team together: Transformation of an inpatient neurology service at an urban, multi-ethnic, safety net hospital in New York City during COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected the operations of New York City hospitals during March and April of 2020. This article describes the transformation of a neurology division at a 450-bed tertiary care hospital in a multi-ethnic community in Brooklyn during this initial wave of COVID-19. In lieu of a mass redeployment of staff to internal medicine teams, we report a novel method for a neurology division to participate in a hospital's expansion of care for patients with COVID-19 while maintaining existing team structures and their inherent supervisory and interpersonal support mechanisms.
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Clin Neurol Neurosurg · Oct 2020
Middle meningeal artery embolization for chronic subdural hematoma with high risk of recurrence: A single institution experience.
Middle meningeal artery (MMA) embolization can be a treatment option for selected cases of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) patients. However, appropriate timing of this procedure or the conditions to be considered are still not standardized. ⋯ MMA embolization is effective and safe in preventing recurrence of CSDH with high risk of recurrence, and could be a standard treatment for such cases.