The role of home healthcare in managing cancer-related pain during COVID-19 pandemic: 'The Triple Triage Protocol'
Ergonenc, Tolga, Ergonenc, Jalan Serbetcigil, Yamak Altinpulluk, Ece
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome and death. To limit the infection spread, non-urgent surgical procedures, day procedures, including interventional pain management, and patient visits, have been postponed or interrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pain management is defined as a fundamental human right, but the rapidly changing nature of the COVID-19 outbreak requires revisions in clinical practice for chronic pain. This article describes the role of home healthcare services in managing cancer pain based on clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasizes the triple triage concept and the use of telemedicine.
- Journal
- ANAESTHESIA PAIN & INTENSIVE CARE
- Year
- 2021
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-4
- ISSN
- 1607-8322
- eISSN
- 2220-5799
- DOI
- 10.35975/apic.v25i1.1430
- WoS UID
- WOS:000617509300001