A Framework for Rationing Ventilators and Critical Care Beds During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Type Journal Article Author Douglas B. White Author Bernard Lo URL https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763953 Series Viewpoint Volume 323 Issue 18 Pages 1773-1774 Publication JAMA ISSN 0098-7484 Date 27/03/2020 Extra Publisher: American Medical Association Journal Abbr JAMA DOI 10.1001/jama.2020.5046 Library Catalog jamanetwork.com Language en Abstract This Viewpoint describes a framework for rationing ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic should intensive care units find themselves with more patients than they can care for, using a score-based system that incorporates patients’ likelihood of surviving to hospital discharge and beyond and their...