Chapter 7. Critical care triage

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Christian, Michael D ^a   Joynt, Gavin M ^b   Hick, John L ^d   Colvin, John ^c   Danis, Marion ^e   Sprung, Charles L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Critical care triage; Disaster; H1N1; Hospital; Infection control; Influenza epidemic; Intensive care unit; Pandemic; Recommendations; Staff protection; Standard operating procedures; Triage

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DELPHI STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW;

CRITICAL CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 77951173094     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1765-0     Document Type: Review

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