Should we deny ICU admission to the elderly? Ethical considerations in times of COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care, Diakonessenhuis, PO box 80250, 3508 TG, Utrecht, the Netherlands. lvlelyveld@diakhuis.nl.
² Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Dutch Poisons Information Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Medical Humanities, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Lenneke E M Haas et al. Crit Care. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 9;24(1):321.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03050-x.

¹ Department of Intensive Care, Diakonessenhuis, PO box 80250, 3508 TG, Utrecht, the Netherlands. lvlelyveld@diakhuis.nl.
² Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Dutch Poisons Information Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Medical Humanities, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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Keywords: Age; COVID-19; Critical care; Elderly; Ethics; ICU; Triage.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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