Saving the most lives-A comparison of European triage guidelines in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bioethics
; 35(2): 125-134, 2021 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1066621
ABSTRACT
In March 2020, the rapid increase in severe COVID-19 cases overwhelmed the healthcare systems in several European countries. The capacities for artificial ventilation in intensive care units were too scarce to care for patients with acute respiratory disorder connected to the disease. Several professional associations published COVID-19 triage recommendations in an extremely short time in 21 days between March 6 and March 27. In this article, we compare recommendations from five European countries, which combine medical and ethical reflections on this situation in some detail. Our aim is to provide a detailed overview on the ethical elements of the recommendations, the differences between them and their coherence. In more general terms we want to identify shortcomings in regard to a common European response to the current situation.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Care Rationing
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Triage
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Standard of Care
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Bioethics
Journal subject:
Ethics
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bioe.12836
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