Worst case: Rethinking tertiary triage protocols in pandemics and other health emergencies

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Fink, Sheri L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOTE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; TRIAGE;

EID: 78751680511     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8216     Document Type: Note

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