Rewriting the rules for care of MDS and AML patients in the time of COVID-19.
| Autor: | Raza A; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA.; Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, USA.; New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Assal A; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA.; Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, USA.; New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Ali AM; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA.; Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, USA., Jurcic JG; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA.; Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, USA.; New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Leukemia research reports [Leuk Res Rep] 2020 Apr 20; Vol. 13, pp. 100201. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 20 (Print Publication: 2020). |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.lrr.2020.100201 |
| Abstrakt: | The care of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has been radically altered by COVID-19, especially in New York City, the epicenter of the pandemic. Here we summarize how telemedicine, virtual visits, delayed transfusions, and chemotherapy, preferably selecting self-administered medications and visits by home healthcare workers, are employed to minimize exposure of our high-risk population of patients to the virus. The unique challenges of transplants during the pandemic and the consequences of an abrupt halt in all non-essential research activities are described. Not all the changes forced by COVID-19 are detrimental. (© 2020 The Authors.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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