Managing ICU surge during the COVID-19 crisis: rapid guidelines

S Aziz, YM Arabi, W Alhazzani, L Evans, G Citerio… - Intensive care …, 2020 - Springer
Given the rapidly changing nature of COVID-19, clinicians and policy makers require urgent
review and summary of the literature, and synthesis of evidence-based guidelines to inform …

Ethical dilemmas due to the Covid-19 pandemic

R Robert, N Kentish-Barnes, A Boyer, A Laurent… - Annals of intensive …, 2020 - Springer
The devastating pandemic that has stricken the worldwide population induced an
unprecedented influx of patients in ICUs, raising ethical concerns not only surrounding …

A closer look into global hospital beds capacity and resource shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic

B Sen-Crowe, M Sutherland, M McKenney… - Journal of Surgical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, there is a question of whether hospitals
have adequate resources to manage patients. We aim to investigate global hospital bed …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care: a global collaborative study

AR Jazieh, H Akbulut, G Curigliano, A Rogado… - JCO global …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The COVID-19 pandemic affected health care systems globally and resulted in
the interruption of usual care in many health care facilities, exposing vulnerable patients with …

Development and validation of the quick COVID-19 severity index: a prognostic tool for early clinical decompensation

AD Haimovich, NG Ravindra, S Stoytchev… - Annals of emergency …, 2020 - Elsevier
Study objective The goal of this study is to create a predictive, interpretable model of early
hospital respiratory failure among emergency department (ED) patients admitted with …

Factors associated with disease severity and mortality among patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

V Chidambaram, NL Tun, WZ Haque, MG Majella… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Understanding the factors associated with disease severity and mortality in
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is imperative to effectively triage patients. We performed a …

Mitigating inequities and saving lives with ICU triage during the COVID-19 pandemic

DB White, B Lo - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
The burdens of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have fallen
disproportionately on disadvantaged groups, including the poor and Black, Latinx, and …

A machine learning based exploration of COVID-19 mortality risk

M Mahdavi, H Choubdar, E Zabeh, M Rieder… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Early prediction of patient mortality risks during a pandemic can decrease mortality by
assuring efficient resource allocation and treatment planning. This study aimed to develop …

Integration of palliative care into COVID-19 pandemic planning

N Fadul, AF Elsayem, E Bruera - BMJ supportive & palliative care, 2021 - spcare.bmj.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to surpass the healthcare system's capacity to provide
intensive care to all patients who deteriorate as a result of the disease. This poses a unique …

[CITATION][C] United States resource availability for COVID-19

NA Halpern, KS Tan - Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2020