In the context of an adequate health care organization, the fgure of the neurologist as an emergency operator (in the emergency room—ER—and/or in a dedicated outpatient clinic) is crucial for an efective functional connection with the territory (and therefore with general practitioners), a reduction in inappropriate ER accesses, specifc diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to neurological emergencies in the ER and a reduction in nonspecifc or even unnecessary instrumental investigations. In this position paper of the Italian Association of Emergency Neurology (ANEU: Associazione Neurologia dell’Emergenza Urgenza), these issues are addressed, and two important organizational solutions are proposed: Extended author information available on the last page of the article 1) The Neuro Fast Track, as an outpatient organization approach strongly linked to general practitioners and non-neurological specialists and dedicated to cases with deferrable urgency (to be assessed within 72 h) 2) The identifcation of an emergency neurologist, who is engaged in ER assessments as a consultant and involved in the management of the semi-intensive care unit of the emergency neurology and the stroke unit according to an appropriate rotation, as well as in consultations for patients with neurological emergencies in inpatient wards The possibility of computerizing the screening of patients with deferrable urgency in the Neuro Fast Track is described. A dedicated app represents an important tool that can facilitate the identifcation of patients for whom deferred assessment is appropriate, the scheduling of neurological examinations and reductions in the booking time through a more rapid approach to specialist assessment and subsequent investigations.

Models of care in emergency neurology: from the Neuro Fast Track to the emergency neurologist-a position paper of the Italian Association for Emergency Neurology (ANEU) / Micieli, Giuseppe; Cortelli, Pietro; Del Sette, Massimo; Quatrale, Rocco; Cavallini, Anna; Zedde, Maria Luisa; Zanferrari, Carla; de Falco, Arturo; Guarino, Maria; Cossu, Giovanni; Haggiag, Shalom; Pezzella, Francesca Romana; Porreca, Alessandro; Pistoia, Francesca; Andreone, Vincenzo; Giometto, Bruno; Gasperini, Claudio; Giorli, Elisa; Salmaggi, Andrea; Lattanzi, Simona; Roberto Labate, Carmelo; Rinaldi, Giuseppe; Melis, Maurizio; Caggia, Emanuele; Volpi, Gino; Passadore, Paolo; Corea, Francesco; Franco, Giovanni Maria. - In: NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1590-3478. - 2023, 44:(2023), pp. 3307-3317. [10.1007/s10072-023-06917-3]

Models of care in emergency neurology: from the Neuro Fast Track to the emergency neurologist-a position paper of the Italian Association for Emergency Neurology (ANEU)

Giometto, Bruno;Melis, Maurizio;
2023-01-01

Abstract

In the context of an adequate health care organization, the fgure of the neurologist as an emergency operator (in the emergency room—ER—and/or in a dedicated outpatient clinic) is crucial for an efective functional connection with the territory (and therefore with general practitioners), a reduction in inappropriate ER accesses, specifc diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to neurological emergencies in the ER and a reduction in nonspecifc or even unnecessary instrumental investigations. In this position paper of the Italian Association of Emergency Neurology (ANEU: Associazione Neurologia dell’Emergenza Urgenza), these issues are addressed, and two important organizational solutions are proposed: Extended author information available on the last page of the article 1) The Neuro Fast Track, as an outpatient organization approach strongly linked to general practitioners and non-neurological specialists and dedicated to cases with deferrable urgency (to be assessed within 72 h) 2) The identifcation of an emergency neurologist, who is engaged in ER assessments as a consultant and involved in the management of the semi-intensive care unit of the emergency neurology and the stroke unit according to an appropriate rotation, as well as in consultations for patients with neurological emergencies in inpatient wards The possibility of computerizing the screening of patients with deferrable urgency in the Neuro Fast Track is described. A dedicated app represents an important tool that can facilitate the identifcation of patients for whom deferred assessment is appropriate, the scheduling of neurological examinations and reductions in the booking time through a more rapid approach to specialist assessment and subsequent investigations.
2023
Micieli, Giuseppe; Cortelli, Pietro; Del Sette, Massimo; Quatrale, Rocco; Cavallini, Anna; Zedde, Maria Luisa; Zanferrari, Carla; de Falco, Arturo; Gu...espandi
Models of care in emergency neurology: from the Neuro Fast Track to the emergency neurologist-a position paper of the Italian Association for Emergency Neurology (ANEU) / Micieli, Giuseppe; Cortelli, Pietro; Del Sette, Massimo; Quatrale, Rocco; Cavallini, Anna; Zedde, Maria Luisa; Zanferrari, Carla; de Falco, Arturo; Guarino, Maria; Cossu, Giovanni; Haggiag, Shalom; Pezzella, Francesca Romana; Porreca, Alessandro; Pistoia, Francesca; Andreone, Vincenzo; Giometto, Bruno; Gasperini, Claudio; Giorli, Elisa; Salmaggi, Andrea; Lattanzi, Simona; Roberto Labate, Carmelo; Rinaldi, Giuseppe; Melis, Maurizio; Caggia, Emanuele; Volpi, Gino; Passadore, Paolo; Corea, Francesco; Franco, Giovanni Maria. - In: NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1590-3478. - 2023, 44:(2023), pp. 3307-3317. [10.1007/s10072-023-06917-3]
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