ANZICS guiding principles for complex decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020-04-15

Warrillow, Stephen J

Austin, Danielle

Cheung, Winston

Close, Eliana

Holley, Anthony

Horgan, Ben

Jansen, Melanie

Joynt, Gavin

Lister, Paula

Moodie, Stewart

Nichol, Alistair

Nicholls, Mark

Peake, Sandra

Skowronski, George

Streat, Stephen

White, Ben

Willmott, Lindy

COVID-19

Journal Article

0000-0002-7240-4106

The global 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to major challenges in clinical decision making when the demand for intensive care exceeds local capacity. In order to promote consistent, transparent, objective and ethical decision making, the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) formed a committee to urgently develop guidelines outlining key principles that should be utilised during the pandemic. This guidance is intended to support the practice of intensive care specialists during the COVID-19 pandemic and to promote the development of local admission policies that should be endorsed by health care organisations and relevant local authorities.

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Critical Care and Resuscitation 2020; online first: 15 April

Critical Care and Resuscitation

1441-2772