Development of an algorithm to aid triage decisions for intensive care unit admission: a clinical vignette and retrospective cohort study.

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Published in Crit Care on April 02, 2016

Authors

Joao Gabriel Rosa Ramos1,2,3, Beatriz Perondi4, Roger Daglius Dias4, Leandro Costa Miranda5, Claudio Cohen6,7, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho8, Irineu Tadeu Velasco9, Daniel Neves Forte9,10

Author Affiliations

1: Medical sciences doctoral program, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil. jgrr25@gmail.com.
2: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sao Rafael, Salvador, Brazil. jgrr25@gmail.com.
3: UNIME Medical School, Lauro de Freitas, Brazil. jgrr25@gmail.com.
4: Emergency Department, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
5: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
6: Bioethics Committee, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
7: Discipline of Bioethics, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
8: Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
9: Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Medicine Discipline, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
10: Palliative Care Team, Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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