Il giudizio clinico integrato e la responsabilità del medico al tempo di Covid-19
Pubblicato 2022-12-11
Parole chiave
- pandemic emergency triage,
- age limit criterion,
- algorithm criterion,
- extra-clinical criterion,
- integrated clinical criterion
- medical responsibility ...Più
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Abstract
--The essay deals with ethical and professional issues concerning access to intensive care units during the Covid-19 pandemic, when available healthcare resources were very scarce. The article criticises the a priori criterion of the age limit proposed by SIAARTI (Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care), and the a priori criterion of the algorithm for determining which patients should be admitted to intensive care units. As an alternative to the extra-clinical criteria of the age limit and the algorithm, the essay proposes the integrated clinical criterion, which is more respectful of the physicians’ professional responsibility.