Reallocating ventilators during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: Is it ethical?

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA.
² Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and Phoenix VAMC, Phoenix, AZ.
³ Grady Primary Care Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
⁴ Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
⁵ Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁶ Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana, TX.
⁷ Department of Anesthesia, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
⁸ House Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD.
¹⁰ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
¹¹ Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York City, NY.
¹² Department of Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University - New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.
¹³ Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Review

Quyen Chu et al. Surgery. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;168(3):388-391.

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.04.044. Epub 2020 May 8.

¹ Surgical Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA.
² Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and Phoenix VAMC, Phoenix, AZ.
³ Grady Primary Care Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
⁴ Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
⁵ Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁶ Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana, TX.
⁷ Department of Anesthesia, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
⁸ House Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD.
¹⁰ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
¹¹ Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York City, NY.
¹² Department of Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University - New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.
¹³ Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

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Comment in

The tragic choices of pandemic triage.
Bannon MP. Bannon MP. Surgery. 2020 Sep;168(3):394-395. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.05.002. Epub 2020 Jun 4. Surgery. 2020. PMID: 32507627 No abstract available.
Medical resources are scarce, but theories about their allocation are not.
Basson MD. Basson MD. Surgery. 2020 Sep;168(3):392-393. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.05.001. Epub 2020 May 8. Surgery. 2020. PMID: 32532467 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Tragic choices and the reallocation of ventilators.
Angelos P. Angelos P. Surgery. 2020 Sep;168(3):396. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.05.005. Epub 2020 Jun 12. Surgery. 2020. PMID: 32540037 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Thoughts from a senior surgeon with an interest in ethics.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Surgery. 2020 Sep;168(3):397. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.05.004. Epub 2020 Jul 3. Surgery. 2020. PMID: 32624227 No abstract available.

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