RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Expert consensus on prevention and control of COVID-19 in the neurological intensive care unit (first edition) JF Stroke and Vascular Neurology JO Stroke Vasc Neurol FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP svn-2020-000409 DO 10.1136/svn-2020-000409 A1 Furong Wang A1 Jingyi Liu A1 Ping Zhang A1 Wen Jiang A1 Le Zhang A1 Meng Zhang A1 Junfang Teng A1 Jinquan Wang A1 Xiaoqi Xie A1 Jie Cao A1 Wei Li A1 Yongming Wu A1 Hao Zhou A1 Yingying Su A1 Suyue Pan A1 Liping Liu YR 2020 UL http://svn.bmj.com/content/early/2020/07/16/svn-2020-000409.abstract AB During the COVID-19 epidemic, the treatment of critically ill patients has been increasingly difficult and challenging. During the epidemic, some patients with neurological diseases also have COVID-19, which could be misdiagnosed and cause silent transmission and nosocomial infection. Such risk is high in a neurological intensive care unit (NCU). Therefore, prevention and control of epidemic in critically ill patients is of utmost importance. The principle of NCU care should include comprehensive screening and risk assessment, weighing risk against benefits and reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission while treating patients as promptly as possible.