id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentences	flesch	summary	cache	txt
cord-335540-lahu5dno	Granata, Tiziana	Did the COVID‐19 pandemic silence the needs of people with epilepsy?	2020-09-19		.txt	text/plain	2441	140	50	We describe the reorganization of the clinics and report on the frequency of SARS‐CoV‐2 in people with epilepsy as well as the frequency of seizures in patients admitted to the COVID units. The pandemic shook the healthcare systems of these countries, with unavoidable gaps in the care of patients with chronic diseases, including epilepsy. In this report, three epileptologists from Italy and Spain summarize the impact of COVID-19 on the organization of their hospitals and the consequences on the care of people with epilepsy (PWE). Our experiences indicate that, in the past two months, epilepsy care was negatively impacted by the pandemic, irrespective of COVID-19 epidemiology or conversion of hospitals into exclusive COVID-19 centres. We have reported our experience in managing PWE during the COVID-19 outbreak to point out the difficulties in balancing the needs of safety measures related to infection against adequate care to patients with chronic diseases.	./cache/cord-335540-lahu5dno.txt	./txt/cord-335540-lahu5dno.txt