‘Pleural Triage’ facilitates effective management of a pleural service in the COVID-19 era

Chronic Respiratory Disease

卷:18

Research Letter

Syed Ajmal¹  Alison Stockbridge¹  Claire Vella¹  Sarah Johnstone¹  Tracey Deakin¹  Muhammad Tufail¹  Rakesh K Panchal¹ 

[1] Institute for Lung Health, Glenfield Hospital, , Leicester, UK

关键词: COVID-19;    malignancy;    pleural;    ambulatory;    triage;   

DOI  :  10.1177/14799731211066507

 received in 2021-08-20, accepted in 2021-11-22,  发布年份 2021

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

The COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for management of pleural diseases. As resources and staff have been redirected to manage acutely unwell COVID-19 patients, routine medical practice and service provision for pleural diseases have been severely disrupted. We recognised the impact this had for patients with pleural diseases, who can be highly vulnerable to infection and often have conditions for which treatment cannot be safely delayed. The pleural service was reviewed in a tertiary centre, focusing on the changes that allowed maintenance of a service whilst maximising patient and staff safety, with the aim that these service transformations can be adopted elsewhere to improve care for pleural patients during and beyond COVID-19.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC   
© The Author(s) 2021