Ethical aspects of the COVID-19 crisis: How to deal with an overwhelming shortage of acute beds.
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care
; 9(3): 248-252, 2020 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-141767
ABSTRACT
The current outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has and continues to put huge pressure on intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. Many patients with COVID-19 require some form of respiratory support and often have prolonged ICU stays, which results in a critical shortage of ICU beds. It is therefore not always physically possible to treat all the patients who require intensive care, raising major ethical dilemmas related to which patients should benefit from the limited resources and which should not. Here we consider some of the approaches to the acute shortages seen during this and other epidemics, including some guidelines for triaging ICU admissions and treatments.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Triage
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Coronavirus Infections
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Betacoronavirus
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Health Resources
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Intensive Care Units
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
2048872620922788
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