Ethical factors determining ECMO allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ethical factors determining ECMO allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Background ECMO is a particularly scarce resource during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its allocation involves ethical considerations that may be different to usual times. There is limited pre-pandemic literature on the ethical factors that ECMO physicians consider during ECMO allocation. During t...

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Main Authors: Bernadine Dao, Julian Savulescu, Jacky Y. Suen, John F. Fraser, Dominic J. C. Wilkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Subjects:
Ethics
Ethical
ECMO
COVID-19
Resource allocation
Factors
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00638-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00638-y

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