La pandemia por la COVID-19 ha suscitado problemas éticos y médico-legales, entre los
que destaca la asignación equitativa de recursos sanitarios, sobre todo en relación a la …

Background To reduce the arbitrariness in the allocation of rare resources in intensive care
units (ICU) in the context of the pandemic, tiebreakers were considered in some COVID-19 …

Abstract Background A threshold Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) of 5 (indicating mild frailty) has
been proposed to guide ICU admission for UK patients with coronavirus disease 2019 …

The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak has led to rapid and profound
changes in healthcare system delivery and society more broadly. Older adults, and those …

Objectives To describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID‐19 admitted
to intensive care units (ICUs) during the initial months of the pandemic in Australia. Design …

Predicting the future course of critical conditions involves personal experience, heuristics
and statistical models. Although these methods may perform well for some cases and …

Background The distribution of the duration that clinical cases of COVID-19 occupy hospital
beds (the 'length of stay') is a key factor in determining how incident caseloads translate into …

Purpose To investigate the development in quality of ICU care over time using the Dutch
National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) registry. Materials and methods We included data …

Objective To explore the key patient attributes important to members of the Australian
general population when prioritizing patients for the final intensive care unit (ICU) bed in a …

Background The presence of treatment limitations in patients with frailty at intensive care unit
(ICU) admission is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the presence and predictors of treatment …