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Intensive care admission triage for a pandemic: are government tools acceptable to UK intensivists?

Authors: DT Ashton-Cleary, NV Freeman, A Tillyard

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Triage criteria recommended by various governmental bodies are part of a process to cope with increased demand for intensive care resources during a pandemic [1]. It is unknown whether UK intensive care physicians agree with the proposed criteria that could automatically exclude a patient from receiving ICU care if adopted. …
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Title
Intensive care admission triage for a pandemic: are government tools acceptable to UK intensivists?
Authors
DT Ashton-Cleary
NV Freeman
A Tillyard
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9886

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