Facing covid-19 in Italy — Ethics, logistics, and therapeutics on the epidemic’s front line

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 382, Issue 18, 2020, Pages 1-3

  Rosenbaum, Lisa ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; STEROID;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; ITALY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARANTINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PROCEDURES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; ITALY; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 85083017811     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2005492     Document Type: Review

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