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Prioritising ‘already-scarce’ intensive care unit resources in the midst of COVID-19: a call for regional triage committees in South Africa
BACKGROUND: The worsening COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa poses multiple challenges for clinical decision making in the context of already-scarce ICU resources. Data from national government and the last published national audit of ICU resources indicate gross shortages. While the Critical Care So...
Autores principales: | Naidoo, Reshania, Naidoo, Kantharuben |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7983086/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33752662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00596-5 |
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