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Modifying Triage Decisions to Optimize Long-term Outcomes

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Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care Medicine ((UICMSOFT,volume 39))

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The triage decision determines whether a patient is admitted into an intensive care unit (ICU) and for some patients, this decision will determine whether the patient lives or dies. When standing next to a patient’s bed and deciding whether or not to admit the patient, or alternatively, when forced to refuse a patient who could benefit from ICU care due to lack of space, triage decisions may become heart wrenching dilemmas.

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  1. General Intensive Care Unit Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah University Medical Center, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel

    C.L. Sprung (Director)

  2. Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Hebrew University Medical Center, The Hebrews University, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel

    P.D. Levin (Attending Physician)

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  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA

    Derek C. Angus MD, MPH, FCCM, FCCP (Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research) (Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research)

  2. Anaesthesiology and Emergency Department, Fondation Hôpital St Joseph, 185 rue Raymond Losserand, 75674, Paris Cedex 14, France

    Jean Carlet MD (Head of the Intensive Care Unit Coordinator of the Intensive Care) (Head of the Intensive Care Unit Coordinator of the Intensive Care)

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Sprung, C., Levin, P. (2003). Modifying Triage Decisions to Optimize Long-term Outcomes. In: Angus, D.C., Carlet, J. (eds) Surviving Intensive Care. Update in Intensive Care Medicine, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55733-0_19

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