Age is just a number - and so is frailty: Strategies to inform resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Boreskie, Kevin F; Boreskie, Patrick E; Melady, Don

Boreskie, Kevin F; Boreskie, Patrick E; Melady, Don.

Boreskie KF; Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Boreskie PE; Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Melady D; Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.

CJEM ; 22(4): 411-413, 2020 07.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-692981

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Ageism; Coronavirus Infections/therapy; Frailty; Pneumonia, Viral/therapy; Resource Allocation; Age Factors; Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Canada/epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology; Decision Making; Humans; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; Triage

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); SARS-CoV-2; frailty; triage

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Coronavirus Infections / Resource Allocation / Ageism / Frailty Type of study: Observational study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Journal: CJEM Journal subject: Emergency Medicine Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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