Triaging Access to Critical Care Resources in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases in the Event of a Major COVID-19Surge: Key highlights from the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) Position Statement

Authors :: Gupta, Samir
Batt, Jane
Bourbeau, Jean
Chapman, Kenneth R.
Gershon, Andrea
Granton, John
Hambly, Nathan
Hernandez, Paul
Kolb, Martin
Mehta, Sanjay
Mielniczuk, Lisa
Provencher, Steeve
Stephenson, Anne L.
Swiston, John
Tullis, D. Elizabeth
Vozoris, Nicholas T.
Wald, Joshua
Weatherald, Jason
Bhutani, Mohit
Source :: Chest
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Published by Elsevier Inc under license from the American College of Chest Physicians., 2020.

Subjects :: Canada
CFS, clinical frailty score
Critical Care
Cystic Fibrosis
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Respiratory Tract Diseases
PH, pulmonary hypertension
Article
Health Services Accessibility
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Forced Expiratory Volume
PaO2, partial pressure of oxygen
Pulmonary Medicine
AE, acute exacerbation
IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Humans
COVID-19, 2019 novel coronavirus
Mortality
mMRC, modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale
PaCO2, partial pressure of carbon dioxide
Societies, Medical
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
DLCO, diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide
Health Care Rationing
Frailty
CTS, Canadian Thoracic Society
Patient Selection
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
Surge Capacity
COVID-19
Prognosis
FEV1, forced expiratory volume in the first second
Respiratory Function Tests
REVEAL, Registry to Evaluate Early and Long-Term Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Disease Management
Intensive Care Units
FVC, forced vital capacity
Chronic Disease
ILD, interstitial lung disease
Health Resources
Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity
Triage
RV, right ventricular

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