Home Care for Cancer Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Double Triage Protocol

Giampiero Porzio; Alessio Cortellini; Eduardo Bruera; Lucilla Verna; Giulio Ravoni; Flaminia Peris; Giuseppe Spinelli

doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.03.021

Home Care for Cancer Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Double Triage Protocol

Giampiero Porzio, Alessio Cortellini, Eduardo Bruera, Lucilla Verna, Giulio Ravoni, Flaminia Peris, Giuseppe Spinelli

Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine

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Abstract

Patients with cancer have an increased risk of developing severe forms of coronavirus disease 2019, and patients with advanced cancer who are followed at home represent a particularly frail population. Although with substantial differences, the challenges that cancer care professionals have to face during a pandemic are quite similar to those posed by natural disasters. We have already managed the oncological home care service in L'Aquila (middle Italy) after the 2009 earthquake. With this letter, we want to share the procedures and tools that we have started using at the home care service of the Tuscany Tumor Association during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e5-e7
Journal	Journal of pain and symptom management
Volume	60
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.03.021
State	Published - Jul 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
cancer
coronavirus
home care
palliative care

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Nursing
Clinical Neurology
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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