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cord-256117-t9v1hng5	Al Kasab, Sami	Acute Stroke Management During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: From Trough of Disillusionment to Slope of Enlightenment	2020-06-03		.txt	text/plain	1599	87	54	Even for patients in whom an LVO is confirmed, the criteria for transfer to the thrombectomy capable center should be decided on by a multidisciplinary team. Pre-thrombectomy screening for COVID-19 is a major challenge; often these patients are unable to provide a history and collateral information is typically lacking. Although extending the CT to capture the entire chest entails additional radiation, identifying a lung infiltrate suggestive of likely COVID-19 infection in an asymptomatic patient affords the health care team the ability to don the proper precautions before the procedure. Thrombectomy in and of itself is a low-risk procedure for contracting the virus, whereas the intubation and extubation are by far the greatest-risk components and would incur additional risk to your ED and neuro-intensive care unit (ICU) colleagues, respectively. The lowest-risk pathway to the system as a whole is to get the LVO patient through the thrombectomy awake and cooperative without requiring pre-procedure intubation.	./cache/cord-256117-t9v1hng5.txt	./txt/cord-256117-t9v1hng5.txt