Definitive Care for the Critically Ill During a Disaster: A Framework for Allocation of Scarce Resources in Mass Critical Care*
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2008;133;51S-66S Chest Rubinson Mike A. Klein, Kenneth A. Berkowitz, J. Randall Curtis and Lewis Geiling, Dennis E. Amundson, Tom E. Baudendistel, Dana A. Braner, Dubler, Christian E. Sandrock, John L. Hick, Tia Powell, James A. Asha V. Devereaux, Jeffrey R. Dichter, Michael D. Christian, Nancy N. * Scarce Resources in Mass Critical Care Disaster: A Framework for Allocation of Definitive Care for the Critically Ill During a l.html http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/133/5_suppl/51S.ful and services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information ISSN:0012-3692 ) http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml ( of the copyright holder. may be reproduced or distributed without the prior written permission Northbrook, IL 60062. All rights reserved. No part of this article or PDF by the American College of Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Road, 2008 Physicians. It has been published monthly since 1935. Copyright CHEST is the official journal of the American College of Chest
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Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster: a framework for allocation of scarce resources in mass critical care: from a Task Force for Mass Critical Care summit meeting, January 26-27, 2007, Chicago, IL.
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