Special Populations: Care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages e75S-e86S

  Dries, David ^a,b   Reed, Mary Jane ^c,d   Kissoon, Niranjan ^e   Christian, Michael D ^f   Dichter, Jeffrey R ^g,h   Devereaux, Asha V ⁱ   Upperman, Jeffrey S ^j  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Allina Medical Systems   (United States)

^h AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

ⁱ SHARP HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MASS DISASTER; PANDEMIC; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHARMACIST; REGIONALIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; CHILD; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CHILD; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84908476510     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0737     Document Type: Article

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