The Toughest Triage - Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic.

Truog, Robert D; Mitchell, Christine; Daley, George Q

Truog, Robert D; Mitchell, Christine; Daley, George Q.

Truog RD; From the Center for Bioethics (R.D.T., C.M.), the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (R.D.T., C.M.), the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (G.Q.D.), Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital (R.D.T.) - both in Boston.
Mitchell C; From the Center for Bioethics (R.D.T., C.M.), the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (R.D.T., C.M.), the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (G.Q.D.), Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital (R.D.T.) - both in Boston.
Daley GQ; From the Center for Bioethics (R.D.T., C.M.), the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (R.D.T., C.M.), the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (G.Q.D.), Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital (R.D.T.) - both in Boston.

N Engl J Med ; 382(21): 1973-1975, 2020 May 21.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-11830

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Coronavirus Infections/therapy; Ethics Committees, Clinical; Health Care Rationing/methods; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral/therapy; Triage/methods; Ventilators, Mechanical/supply & distribution; COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology; Health Care Rationing/ethics; Humans; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology; Resource Allocation/ethics; Triage/ethics; United States/epidemiology; Withholding Treatment/ethics

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Health Care Rationing / Ventilators, Mechanical / Triage / Coronavirus Infections / Ethics Committees, Clinical / Pandemics Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Journal: N Engl J Med Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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