What Can Simulations Tell Us About Triage Protocols in a Real Pandemic?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: abhinay.sathya@mail.utoronto.ca.
² Department of Critical Care, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Abhinay Sathya et al. Chest. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;160(2):398-399.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.04.065.

¹ Department of Critical Care, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: abhinay.sathya@mail.utoronto.ca.
² Department of Critical Care, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Severe Intraabdominal Hypertension in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients With Acute Kidney Injury.
Dupont V, Gamblin C, Bard M, Julien G, Bonnivard M, Champenois V, Goury A, Mourvillier B. Dupont V, et al. Chest. 2021 Aug;160(2):558-561. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.019. Epub 2021 Mar 18. Chest. 2021. PMID: 33745987 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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