Ethical conflicts associated with COVID-19 pandemic, triage and frailty-unexpected positive disease progression in a 90-year-old patient: A case report.

Wehrfritz A, Schmidt J, Bremer FF, Lang AK, Welzer J, Castellanos AI (2023)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Journal

Clinical Case Reports Wiley

Book Volume: 11

Journal Issue: 7

DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.7710

Abstract

During the COVID 19 pandemic, advanced age, scoring systems, and a shortage of ICU beds were used as cut-offs for ICU admission. This case report describes the epicrisis of an elderly patient who was almost mistakenly not treated in an ICU.

Authors with CRIS profile

Andreas Wehrfritz Department of Anaesthesiology Joachim Schmidt Medizinische Fakultät Frank Felix Bremer Medizinische Fakultät Alvaro Ixchel Castellanos Medizinische Fakultät

Involved external institutions

Klinikum Fürth DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Wehrfritz, A., Schmidt, J., Bremer, F.F., Lang, A.-K., Welzer, J., & Castellanos, A.I. (2023). Ethical conflicts associated with COVID-19 pandemic, triage and frailty-unexpected positive disease progression in a 90-year-old patient: A case report. Clinical Case Reports, 11(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7710

MLA:

Wehrfritz, Andreas, et al. "Ethical conflicts associated with COVID-19 pandemic, triage and frailty-unexpected positive disease progression in a 90-year-old patient: A case report." Clinical Case Reports 11.7 (2023).

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