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Clinical ethics recommendations for the allocation of intensive care treatments in exceptional, resource-limited circumstances: the Italian perspective during the COVID-19 epidemic

Authors: Marco Vergano, Guido Bertolini, Alberto Giannini, Giuseppe R. Gristina, Sergio Livigni, Giovanni Mistraletti, Luigi Riccioni, Flavia Petrini

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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On February 21, 2020, the first person-to-person transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2), the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was identified in Italy. In the following days, despite the restrictive public health measures applied to avoid the spread of the infection [1], the number of cases sharply increased. As of March 8, 2020, Italy was the 2nd most affected country in the world. …

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Vergano M, Bertolini G, Giannini A, Gristina G, Livigni S, Mistraletti G, Riccioni L, Petrini F. SIAARTI Clinical Ethics Recommendations for the Allocation of Intensive Care Treatments in exceptional, resource-limited circumstances. Available at: https://bit.ly/2UyQ6I3. Accessed 24 Mar 2020; English version.

Title: Clinical ethics recommendations for the allocation of intensive care treatments in exceptional, resource-limited circumstances: the Italian perspective during the COVID-19 epidemic
Authors: Marco Vergano
Guido Bertolini
Alberto Giannini
Giuseppe R. Gristina
Sergio Livigni
Giovanni Mistraletti
Luigi Riccioni
Flavia Petrini
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Care
COVID-19
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-02891-w

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Clinical ethics recommendations for the allocation of intensive care treatments in exceptional, resource-limited circumstances: the Italian perspective during the COVID-19 epidemic

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