Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Neurologic care

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Managing patients with neurologic disease

●International

•World Muscle Society (WMS): Position and advice on Covid-19 and people with neuromuscular disorders (2020, updated 2022)

•International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN): Guidance for clinical neurophysiology examination throughout the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

•International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE): COVID-19 guidance for clinicians (2020)

•International MG/COVID-19 Working Group: Guidance for the management of myasthenia gravis (MG) and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

●United States

•National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS): Disease modifying therapy guidance during COVID-19 (updated 2023)

•Child Neurology Society (CNS): Management of infantile spasms (IS) during the COVID19 pandemic (2020)

•Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA): Pulmonary support for neuromuscular disease patients during COVID19 pandemic (2020)

•Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology & Critical Care (SNACC): Consensus statement on anesthetic management of endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke during COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

●Europe

•European Academy of Neurology (EAN): Consensus statement for management of patients with neurological diseases during the COVID‐19 pandemic (2021)

●United Kingdom

•Association of British Neurologists (ABN): Guidance on the use of disease-modifying therapies in multiple sclerosis in response to the COVID19 pandemic (2021)

•Association of British Neurologists (ABN): Guidance on COVID-19 for people with neurological conditions, their doctors and carers (2020)

General critical care

●(See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – General guidelines for critical care".)

Sleep medicine

●(See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Pulmonary care and sleep medicine".)

Vaccination

●International

•International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE): COVID-19 vaccines and people with epilepsy (updated 2022)

•World Muscle Society (WMS): Advice on COVID-19 and people with neuromuscular disorders – Vaccines (2020, updated 2022)

●United States

•National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS): COVID-19 vaccine guidance for people living with MS (updated 2023)

•American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS): Statement on Bell's palsy related to approved COVID-19 vaccines (2020, updated 2021)

•American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM): Infection and immunization in individuals with neuromuscular disorders (2021)

•Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA): Official statement on the COVID-19 vaccine for the MG community (2021)

•American Academy of Neurology (AAN): Position statement – COVID-19 vaccination (2020)

●United Kingdom

•Association of British Neurologists (ABN): Guidance on vaccination for COVID-19 and neurological conditions (2021)

Vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT)

●(See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – General guidelines for vaccination", section on 'Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT)'.)

Providing neurologic services

●Canada

•Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists (CSCN), Canadian Association of Electroneurophysiology Technologists (CAET), Association of Electromyography Technologists of Canada (AETC), Board of Registration of Electromyography Technologists of Canada (BRETC), and Canadian Board of Registrations of Electroencephalograph Technologists (CBRET): Practice guidelines for Canadian neurophysiology laboratories during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

●United States

•American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS): COVID-19 resources for clinical neurophysiology

•American Academy of Neurology (AAN): Position statement on the COVID-19 pandemic and the ethical duties of the neurologist (2020)

•AAN: Preserving stroke care during the COVID-19 pandemic – Potential issues and solutions (2020)

•American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM): Guidance for resumption of routine electrodiagnostic testing during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

•American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA): Temporary emergency guidance to US stroke centers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (2020)

●United Kingdom

•Association of British Neurologists (ABN): Starting the restart – Guidance on recommencing neurology services in the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

Telehealth

●(See "Society guideline links: Telehealth and telemedicine".)

Resources for patients — The following links provide resources about COVID-19 for non-clinicians. These resources come from select society and government-sponsored guidelines from several countries and regions around the world.

●[International] International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE): COVID-19 information for people with epilepsy and their families

●[United States] American Academy of Neurology (AAN): COVID-19 resource center

●[United States] American Epilepsy Society (AES): COVID-19 – For patients and families

●[United States] American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA): Coronavirus questions for heart and stroke patients

●[United States] Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA): MDA and COVID-19

●[United States] Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA): COVID-19 resource center

●[Japan] Japanese Society of Neurology (JSN): Response to new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) – Q & A for patients

UpToDate also offers "The Basics" patient education pieces, which are written by the doctors and editors at UpToDate. These are written in plain language, at the 5^th to 6^th grade reading level, and answer the main questions a person is likely to have. (See "Patient education: COVID-19 overview (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and children (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and pregnancy (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 vaccines (The Basics)".)