The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic
The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic
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The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic
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United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
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The New England journal of medicine, 2020-05, Vol.382 (21), p.1973-1975
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English
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United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
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Of all the medical care that will have to be rationed during the Covid-19 pandemic, the most problematic will be mechanical ventilation. One strategy for avoiding debilitating distress over these decisions is to use a triage committee to buffer bedside clinicians.
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The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2381843198
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2381843198
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0028-4793
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1533-4406
DOI
10.1056/NEJMp2005689
