Reorganization of multiple sclerosis health care system in Clinical Centre of Montenegro during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a number of changes to health systems, including the provision of health services to patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Work in the Clinic for Neurology of the Clinical Center of Montenegro (CN-CCM) with MS patients continued as much as possible during the epide...
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| author | Jevto Erakovic Dragica Milikic Ljiljana Radulovic Slavisa Perunicic Zilha Idrizovic Milovan Roganovic |
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| description | The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a number of changes to health systems, including the provision of health services to patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Work in the Clinic for Neurology of the Clinical Center of Montenegro (CN-CCM) with MS patients continued as much as possible during the epidemic. The administration of the already started disease-modifying therapy (DMT) continued, and the introduction of the new one was postponed until the moment when the epidemic started to slow down. During the epidemic period, plasmapheresis treatment was performed in CN-CCM without any complications. New ways of communications (special e-mail address and phone line) with MS patients during epidemic were realized. During epidemic, smaller number of relapses were reported compared to same period in 2019. There were not MS patients in Montenegro suffering from SARS-Cov2 virus infection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95ce7caaa0f743ee84a6d10c78f3aa782022-12-21T20:34:35ZengElseviereNeurologicalSci2405-65022020-12-0121100263Reorganization of multiple sclerosis health care system in Clinical Centre of Montenegro during the COVID-19 pandemicJevto Erakovic0Dragica Milikic1Ljiljana Radulovic2Slavisa Perunicic3Zilha Idrizovic4Milovan Roganovic5Clinical Centre of Montenegro, Clinic for Neurology, Ljubljanska bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro; Corresponding author.Clinical Centre of Montenegro, Clinic for Neurology, Ljubljanska bb, 81000 Podgorica, MontenegroClinical Centre of Montenegro, Clinic for Neurology, Ljubljanska bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro; University of Montenegro, Faculty of Medicine, Krusevac bb, 81000 Podgorica, MontenegroClinical Centre of Montenegro, Clinic for Neurology, Ljubljanska bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro; University of Montenegro, Faculty of Medicine, Krusevac bb, 81000 Podgorica, MontenegroClinical Centre of Montenegro, Clinic for Neurology, Ljubljanska bb, 81000 Podgorica, MontenegroClinical Centre of Montenegro, Clinic for Neurology, Ljubljanska bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro; University of Montenegro, Faculty of Medicine, Krusevac bb, 81000 Podgorica, MontenegroThe COVID-19 epidemic has brought a number of changes to health systems, including the provision of health services to patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Work in the Clinic for Neurology of the Clinical Center of Montenegro (CN-CCM) with MS patients continued as much as possible during the epidemic. The administration of the already started disease-modifying therapy (DMT) continued, and the introduction of the new one was postponed until the moment when the epidemic started to slow down. During the epidemic period, plasmapheresis treatment was performed in CN-CCM without any complications. New ways of communications (special e-mail address and phone line) with MS patients during epidemic were realized. During epidemic, smaller number of relapses were reported compared to same period in 2019. There were not MS patients in Montenegro suffering from SARS-Cov2 virus infection.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650220300423COVID-19Multiple sclerosisMontenegroExperience |
| spellingShingle | Jevto Erakovic Dragica Milikic Ljiljana Radulovic Slavisa Perunicic Zilha Idrizovic Milovan Roganovic Reorganization of multiple sclerosis health care system in Clinical Centre of Montenegro during the COVID-19 pandemic eNeurologicalSci COVID-19 Multiple sclerosis Montenegro Experience |
| title | Reorganization of multiple sclerosis health care system in Clinical Centre of Montenegro during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Reorganization of multiple sclerosis health care system in Clinical Centre of Montenegro during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Reorganization of multiple sclerosis health care system in Clinical Centre of Montenegro during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reorganization of multiple sclerosis health care system in Clinical Centre of Montenegro during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Reorganization of multiple sclerosis health care system in Clinical Centre of Montenegro during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | reorganization of multiple sclerosis health care system in clinical centre of montenegro during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 Multiple sclerosis Montenegro Experience |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650220300423 |
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