Open AccessPrinciples Guiding Nonpandemic Critical Care Research During a Pandemic
Author(s) -
Deborah J. Cook,
Michelle E. Kho,
Eric H. Duan,
Waleed Alhazzani,
Alyson Takaoka,
Nicole Zytaruk,
Meredith Vanstone
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004538
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , virology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak
To describe the importance of critical care clinical research that is not pandemic-focused during pandemic times; outline principles to assist in the prioritization of nonpandemic research during pandemic times; and propose a guiding framework for decisions about whether, when and how to continue nonpandemic research while still honoring the moral and scientific imperative to launch research that is pandemic-focused.