The Toughest Triage - Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic

被引：466

作者：

Truog, Robert D. ^{[1
,2
,4
]}

Mitchell, Christine ^{[1
,2
]}

Daley, George Q. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Med Sch, Ctr Bioeth, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[2] Harvard Med Sch, Dept Global Hlth & Social Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[3] Harvard Med Sch, Off Dean, Fac Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[4] Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Anesthesiol Crit Care & Pain Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA

来源：

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | 2020年 / 382卷 / 21期

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D O I：

10.1056/NEJMp2005689

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

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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