Open AccessAdult ICU Triage During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Who Will Live and Who Will Die? Recommendations to Improve Survival*
Author(s) -
Charles L. Sprung,
Gavin M. Joynt,
Michael D. Christian,
Robert D. Truog,
Jordi Rello,
Joseph L. Nates
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004410
Subject(s) - triage , medicine , medline , pandemic , intensive care , medical emergency , health care , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Coronavirus disease 2019 patients are currently overwhelming the world's healthcare systems. This article provides practical guidance to front-line physicians forced to make critical rationing decisions.