Selecting Patients for Mammographic Evaluation Based on Breast Cancer Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAMA Network Open

March 25, 2021

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Sarah M. Friedewald, MD¹;

Dipti Gupta, MD¹

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¹Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

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The COVID-19 pandemic affected health care delivery throughout the US in unprecedented ways. Specifically, facilities readjusted their schedules to accommodate more patients who required ventilators and intensive care and decreased or eliminated routine surgical procedures and patient visits that would interfere with the predicted surge in patients with COVID-19. Because decisions regarding how to maneuver a rapidly evolving situation were left to individual states, there was a heterogeneous approach to triaging patient visits based on acuity.

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Published: March 25, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.2546

Corresponding Author: Sarah M. Friedewald, MD, Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 250 E Superior St, Rm 4-2304, Chicago, IL 60611 (sarah.friedewald@nm.org).

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Friedewald reported receiving grants from Hologic Research during the conduct of the study. No other disclosures were reported.

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Selecting Patients for Mammographic Evaluation Based on Breast Cancer Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Risk-Based Approach for Triaging Mammography Examinations During Periods of Reduced Capacity

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