GuidelineIntensive care medicine2010
Recommendations for intensive care unit and hospital preparations for an influenza epidemic or mass disaster: summary report of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine's Task Force for intensive care unit triage during an influenza epidemic or mass disaster.
Guideline in Intensive care medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 165 citations in OpenAlex.
- Practices in Triage and Transfer of Critically Ill Patients: A Qualitative Systematic Review of Selection Criteria.Critical care medicine · 2020Pooled it
- [Ethical recommendations for a difficult decision-making in intensive care units due to the exceptional situation of crisis by the COVID-19 pandemia: A rapid review & consensus of experts].Medicina intensiva · 2020Guideline
- Managing ICU surge during the COVID-19 crisis: rapid guidelines.Intensive care medicine · 2020Guideline
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- Health systems' "surge capacity": state of the art and priorities for future research.The Milbank quarterly · 2013Pooled it
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- Contingency Plan for the Intensive Care Services for the COVID-19 pandemic.Enfermeria intensivaGuideline
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- Challenges of providing of special care services in hospitals during emergencies and disasters: a scoping review.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Adjustment of medical standards in disaster, crises and war: a scoping review of the literature.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Flow-Sizing Critical Care Resources.Critical care medicine · 2023Article
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- Improved performance of an intensive care unit after changing the admission triage model.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Hospital characteristics associated with COVID-19 mortality: data from the multicenter cohort Brazilian Registry.Internal and emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Critical Care Pandemic Preparation: Considerations and Lessons Learned from COVID-19.Critical care clinics · 2022Review
- Experience of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Patient Care in the Amsterdam Region: Optimization of Acute Care Organization.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2022Review
- Survival of mechanically ventilated ward patients and association with organisational factors: a multicentre prospective study.BMJ open · 2021Observational
- Fair prioritization of casualties in disaster triage: a qualitative study.BMC emergency medicine · 2021Article
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11 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeTo provide recommendations and standard operating procedures for intensive care units and hospital preparedness for an influenza pandemic.
methodsBased on a literature review and expert opinion, a Delphi process was used to define the essential topics.
resultsKey recommendations include: Hospitals should increase their ICU beds to the maximal extent by expanding ICU capacity and expanding ICUs into other areas. Hospitals should have appropriate beds and monitors for these expansion areas. Establish a management system with control groups at facility, local, regional and/or national levels to exercise authority over resources. Establish a system of communication, coordination and collaboration between the ICU and key interface departments. A plan to access, coordinate and increase labor resources is required with a central inventory of all clinical and non-clinical staff. Delegate duties not within the usual scope of workers' practice. Ensure that adequate essential medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and supplies are available. Protect patients and staff with infection control practices and supporting occupational health policies. Maintain staff confidence with reassurance plans for legal protection and assistance. Have objective, ethical, transparent triage criteria that are applied equitably and publically disclosed. ICU triage of patients should be based on the likelihood for patients to benefit most or a 'first come, first served' basis. Develop protocols for safe performance of high-risk procedures. Train and educate staff.
conclusionsMortality, although inevitable during a severe influenza outbreak or disaster, can be reduced by adequate preparation.
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