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cord-325511-ot66dj3i	Kim, Philip	Managing Intrathecal Drug Delivery Devices in a Global Pandemic	2020-05-13		.txt	text/plain	723	67	52	Covid-19 pan epidemic has imposed the need to limit exposure of vulnerable patients, prevent spread to health-care workers, and the need to manage critical hospital resources. Many patients have combination of therapies that may cause sudden severe and life-threatening withdrawal reactions such as intrathecal clonidine as with hypertensive crisis and cardiomyopathy (1, 2) . The continued management of intrathecal pumps falls in time sensitive and urgent the classification of surgical cases as per American College of Surgeons (ACS) (4): Elective: Can be postponed for greater than four weeks Other societies (Neuromodulation Society of United Kingdom and Ireland and American Society of Regional Anesthesiology) have published statements on the medical necessity of ITDD pump management with need of procedural precautions and conduct of procedure (5). 3. Health-care provider should wear mask, eye glass protection, surgical gown, and gloves. Abrupt withdrawal from intrathecal baclofen: recognition and management of a potentially life-threatening syndrome	./cache/cord-325511-ot66dj3i.txt	./txt/cord-325511-ot66dj3i.txt