Triage decisions for ICU admission: Report from the Task Force of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 301-305

  Blanch, Lluís ^a   Abillama, Fayez François ^b   Amin, Pravin ^c   Christian, Michael ^d   Joynt, Gavin M ^e   Myburgh, John ^f   Nates, Joseph L ^g   Pelosi, Paolo ^h   Sprung, Charles ⁱ   Topeli, Arzu ^j   Vincent, Jean Louis ^k   Yeager, Susan ^l   Zimmerman, Janice ^m  

^a HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^l OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Allocation of resources; Health care delivery; Intensive care; Triage

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; JUSTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; NURSE; SURGEON; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CRITICAL CARE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHYSICIANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRIAGE;

EID: 84977111494     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.06.014     Document Type: Article

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