Coronavirus Disease 2019: Withdrawing Mechanical Ventilation to Reallocate Life Support Under Crisis Standards of Care-Nonequivalence of the Equivalence Thesis.

Maldonado, Fabien; Rafael, Fr John; Shinall, Myrick C; Ely, E Wesley

Maldonado, Fabien; Rafael, Fr John; Shinall, Myrick C; Ely, E Wesley.

Maldonado F; Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, and Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Rafael FJ; Saint Thomas West Hospital, Nashville, TN.
Shinall MC; Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, and Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Ely EW; Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Nashville, TN, and Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center at Vanderbilt, Nas

Crit Care Med ; 48(10): e994-e996, 2020 10.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-601701

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Bioethics; Life Support Systems/statistics & numerical data; Patient Selection; Respiration, Artificial/methods; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/therapy; Withholding Treatment/statistics & numerical data; COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections/therapy; Critical Illness/therapy; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Intensive Care Units/organization & administration; Male; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral/therapy; Respiration, Artificial/mortality; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/epidemiology; Standard of Care; United States

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Respiration, Artificial / Bioethics / Patient Selection / Withholding Treatment / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Life Support Systems Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Journal: Crit Care Med Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: CCM.0000000000004475

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