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 League Against Epilepsy (ILAE): COVID-19 guidance for clinicians (2020)
●United States
•Child Neurology Society (CNS): Management of infantile spasms (IS) during the COVID19 pandemic (2020)
●Europe
●United Kingdom
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
•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 Academy of Neurology (AAN): Position statement – COVID-19 vaccination (2020)
●United Kingdom
Vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT)
Providing neurologic services
●Canada
●United States
•American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS): COVID-19 resources for clinical neurophysiology
•AAN: Preserving stroke care during the COVID-19 pandemic – Potential issues and solutions (2020)
●United Kingdom
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
●[United States] National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS): Multiple sclerosis and COVID-19
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 5th to 6th 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)".)
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