Evidence-Based Pediatric Outcome Predictors to Guide the Allocation of Critical Care Resources in a Mass Casualty Event

ICU resources may be overwhelmed by a mass casualty event, triggering a conversion to Crisis Standards of Care in which critical care support is diverted away from patients least likely to benefit, with the goal of improving population survival. We aimed to devise a Crisis Standards of Care triage a...

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Published in:	Pediatric critical care medicine Vol. 16; no. 7; pp. e207 - e216
Main Authors:	Toltzis, Philip, Soto-Campos, Gerardo, Shelton, Christian R, Kuhn, Evelyn M, Hahn, Ryan, Kanter, Robert K, Wetzel, Randall C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-09-2015
Subjects:	Child Child, Preschool Critical Care - standards Databases, Factual Evidence-Based Medicine Female Health Care Rationing Hospital Mortality Humans Intensive Care Units, Pediatric Length of Stay Male Mass Casualty Incidents Prognosis Resource Allocation Respiration, Artificial Triage - methods Triage - standards
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