Ventilator Sharing during an Acute Shortage Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Aug 15;202(4):600-604. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202005-1586LE.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New York.
² San Francisco General Hospital and University of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco, California.
³ Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts.
⁴ University of CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio.
⁵ New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New Yorkand.
⁶ Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Respiration, Artificial / methods*
SARS-CoV-2
United States / epidemiology
Ventilators, Mechanical / supply & distribution*

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