Age, comorbidity, frailty status: effects on disposition and resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Swiss Med Wkly. 2020 Apr 30:150:w20269. doi: 10.4414/smw.2020.20269. eCollection 2020 Apr 20.

Authors

Christian Hans Nickel¹, Marco Rueegg¹, Hans Pargger², Roland Bingisser¹

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland.
² Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 32352150
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2020.20269

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Age Factors*
Aged
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Clinical Decision-Making
Comorbidity*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Frailty*
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Resource Allocation*
SARS-CoV-2