id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-311588-ocz2rzy7 Gilligan, Jeffrey Collateral Damage During the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020-05-14 .txt text/plain 477 32 61 At our institution, similarly, we have seen both a huge decline in patients seeking care for neurological and neurosurgical diagnoses, as well as late presentation of life-threatening conditions. She refused to seek care at the hospital due specifically to fear of contracting COVID-19. What remains unknown is how many patients with known or unknown pathologies are having progression of a deficit (i.e. worsening vision secondary to a supersellar mass or worsening cervical myelopathy) that would otherwise have brought them to seek urgent medical care. In our own institution, resources and staff are finally being able to assist with non-COVID patient duties. The untold toll -The pandemic's effects on patients without COVID-19 As the pandemic subsides, we will need to ask our leaders, public health officials, and the media to send a message to patients at risk: please seek help if you're not well or having worsening symptoms. ./cache/cord-311588-ocz2rzy7.txt ./txt/cord-311588-ocz2rzy7.txt