Physicians’ acceptance of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences guidelines “COVID-19 pandemic: triage for intensive-care treatment under resource scarcity”

Federica Merlo; Mattia Lepori; Roberto Malacrida; Emiliano Albanese; Marta Fadda

doi:10.4414/smw.2021.20472

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Vol. 151 No. 1920 (2021)

Physicians’ acceptance of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences guidelines “COVID-19 pandemic: triage for intensive-care treatment under resource scarcity”

Federica Merlo⁺⁻
Mattia Lepori⁺⁻
Roberto Malacrida⁺⁻
Emiliano Albanese⁺⁻
Marta Fadda⁺⁻

Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w20472
Published: 10.05.2021

References

Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences. Intensive care medicine: triage under resource scarcity. Intensive care medicine: triage under resource scarcity. [Accessed 2020 November 11.] https://www.samw.ch/en/Ethics/Topics-A-to-Z/Intensive-care-medicine.html
Aziz S Arabi YM Alhazzani W Evans L Citerio G Fischkoff K Managing ICU surge during the COVID-19 crisis: rapid guidelines. Intensive Care Med. 2020;46(7):1303–25. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06092-5
Escher M Cullati S Hudelson P Nendaz M Ricou B Perneger T Admission to intensive care: A qualitative study of triage and its determinants. Health Serv Res. 2019;54(2):474–83. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13076
Kirkpatrick JN Hull SC Fedson S Mullen B Goodlin SJ. Scarce-Resource Allocation and Patient Triage During the COVID-19 Pandemic: JACC Review Topic of the Week. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020;76(1):85–92. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.006
Oerlemans AJM Wollersheim H van Sluisveld N van der Hoeven JG Dekkers WJM Zegers M. Rationing in the intensive care unit in case of full bed occupancy: a survey among intensive care unit physicians. BMC Anesthesiol. 2016;16(1):25. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-016-0190-5
Rosca A Krones T Biller-Andorno N. Shared decision making: patients have a right to be informed about possible treatment options and their risks and benefits. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150(2728):w20268. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20268

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[1] Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences. Intensive care medicine: triage under resource scarcity. Intensive care medicine: triage under resource scarcity. [Accessed 2020 November 11.] https://www.samw.ch/en/Ethics/Topics-A-to-Z/Intensive-care-medicine.html

[2] Aziz S Arabi YM Alhazzani W Evans L Citerio G Fischkoff K Managing ICU surge during the COVID-19 crisis: rapid guidelines. Intensive Care Med. 2020;46(7):1303–25. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06092-5

[3] Escher M Cullati S Hudelson P Nendaz M Ricou B Perneger T Admission to intensive care: A qualitative study of triage and its determinants. Health Serv Res. 2019;54(2):474–83. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13076

[4] Kirkpatrick JN Hull SC Fedson S Mullen B Goodlin SJ. Scarce-Resource Allocation and Patient Triage During the COVID-19 Pandemic: JACC Review Topic of the Week. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020;76(1):85–92. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.006

[5] Oerlemans AJM Wollersheim H van Sluisveld N van der Hoeven JG Dekkers WJM Zegers M. Rationing in the intensive care unit in case of full bed occupancy: a survey among intensive care unit physicians. BMC Anesthesiol. 2016;16(1):25. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-016-0190-5

[6] Rosca A Krones T Biller-Andorno N. Shared decision making: patients have a right to be informed about possible treatment options and their risks and benefits. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150(2728):w20268. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20268