Background The ICU is a scarce resource within a high-stress, high-stakes, time-sensitive
environment where critically ill patients with life-threatening conditions receive expensive life …

Purpose Intensive care unit (ICU) admission triage occurs frequently and often involves
highly subjective decisions that may lead to potentially inappropriate ICU admissions. In this …

Aims: One of the major ethical challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic comes in the
form of fair triage decisions for critically ill patients in situations where life-saving resources …

Purpose To assess hospital mortality in patients who requested ICU admission in court due
to the scarcity of ICU beds in the Brazilian public health system and the consequences of …

Triagem para admissão em unidades de terapia intensiva é um evento frequente,
especialmente em situações de escassez de recursos, e está associada a piores desfechos …

ABSTRACT evaluate the ethical dilemmas related to the implementation of this guideline,
through the accountability for reasonabless approach, known as A4R, as elaborated by …

Background Long-term outcomes of older patients referred to intensive care unit (ICU) are of
paramount importance for care planning and counseling of patients and relatives. Methods …

The shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) resources, including equipment and supplies for
renal replacement therapy (RRT), is a critical problem in several countries. This study aimed …

Background The coronavirus disease outbreak from 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with a
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a highly contagious virus …

Objetivo: Avaliar a capacidade instalada de terapêutica substitutiva da função renal e
práticas locais na abordagem da lesão renal aguda em centros participantes do estudo …