Ethical dilemmas due to the Covid-19 pandemic

R Robert, N Kentish-Barnes, A Boyer, A Laurent… - Annals of intensive …, 2020 - Springer
The devastating pandemic that has stricken the worldwide population induced an
unprecedented influx of patients in ICUs, raising ethical concerns not only surrounding …

Pulmonary arterial thrombosis in COVID-19 with fatal outcome: results from a prospective, single-center, clinicopathologic case series

SF Lax, K Skok, P Zechner, HH Kessler… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly become pandemic, with …

[HTML][HTML] Intolerance of uncertainty and loneliness in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

E Parlapani, V Holeva, VA Nikopoulou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic imposed a psychological burden on people worldwide,
including fear and anxiety. Older adults are considered more vulnerable during public health …

Frailty and mortality in hospitalized older adults with COVID-19: retrospective observational study

R De Smet, B Mellaerts, H Vandewinckele… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To determine the association between frailty and short-term mortality in older
adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design Retrospective single …

[HTML][HTML] Informing Canada's health system response to COVID-19: priorities for health services and policy research

M McMahon, J Nadigel, E Thompson… - Healthcare …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To inform Canada's research response to COVID-19, the Canadian Institutes of Health
Research's Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) conducted a …

Triage during the COVID-19 pandemic

E Kucewicz-Czech, M Damps - Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2020 - termedia.pl
Abstract The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was previously unknown, and we are learning
about it day by day, but pandemic-associated ethical dilemmas have been studied and …

Disability rights as a necessary framework for crisis standards of care and the future of health care

L Guidry‐Grimes, K Savin, JA Stramondo… - Hastings Center …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this essay, we suggest practical ways to shift the framing of crisis standards of care toward
disability justice. We elaborate on the vision statement provided in the 2010 Institute of …

Which factors should be included in triage? An online survey of the attitudes of the UK general public to pandemic triage dilemmas

D Wilkinson, H Zohny, A Kappes… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective As cases of COVID-19 infections surge, concerns have renewed about intensive
care units (ICUs) being overwhelmed and the need for specific triage protocols over winter …

Comparison of 2 triage scoring guidelines for allocation of mechanical ventilators

H Wunsch, AD Hill, N Bosch, NKJ Adhikari… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In the current setting of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, there is
concern for the possible need for triage criteria for ventilator allocation; to our knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] El médico frente a la COVID-19: lecciones de una pandemia

JA Sacristán, J Millán - Educación médica, 2020 - Elsevier
Aparte de su enorme impacto sanitario y económico, la pandemia de COVID-19 ha
modificado la forma de practicar la medicina y la educación médica. Es probable que dicho …