Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34090221›Full record

ArticleGeriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)

Examining hospital staff members' preferences for allocating a ventilator to a COVID-19 patient with and without Alzheimer's disease.

Nasra Idilbi, Hanan AboJabel, Perla Werner

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Article in Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nasra IdilbiThe Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Mobile Post Emek Yezreel, 1930600, Israel; Galilee Medical Center, P.O. Box 21, Nahariya 22100, Israel. Electronic address: nasrai@gmc.gov.il.
Hanan AboJabelDepartment of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Abba Khoushy Ave., Haifa 3498838, Israel.
Perla WernerDepartment of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Abba Khoushy Ave., Haifa 3498838, Israel.
University of Haifa · ILThe Max Stern Yezreel Valley College · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID 19 pandemic has led to an increase in the number of patients in need of ventilation. Limitations in the number of respirators may cause an ethical problem for the medical and nursing staff in deciding who should be connected to the available respirators.  We conducted a cross-sectional survey among a convenience sample of 278 healthcare professionals at one medical center. They were asked to rank their preference in respirator allocation to three COVID-19 patients, one 80 years old with no cognitive illness, one 50 years old with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and one 80 years old with AD. Most respondents (75%) chose the 80-year-old AD patient as last preference, but were evenly divided on how to rank the other two patients. Medical staff have difficulty deciding whether age or cognitive status should be the deciding factor ventilator allocation. Determination of a set policy would help professionals with these decisions.

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Ventilators, MechanicalAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseChoice BehaviorCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesHealth Care RationingHumansPandemicsPersonnel, HospitalSARS-CoV-2AgeAlzheimer's disease (AD)COVID 19 pandemicHospital staffVentilator

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PMID34090221
PMCPMC8096197
OpenAlexW3157541663

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