Elective cardiovascular care in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: managing tragic choices.
other · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 32988831.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001069 and PMC identifier 7523154.
- Licence recorded as CC BY-NC.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant morbidity and mortality globally. As health systems grapple with caring for patients affected with COVID-19, cardiovascular procedures that are deemed 'elective' have been postponed. Guidelines concerning which cardiac procedures should be performed during the pandemic vary by specialty and geography in the USA. We propose a clinical heuristic to guide individual physicians and governing bodies in their decision making regarding which cardiac procedures should be performed during the COVID-19 pandemic using the behavioural economics concept of heuristics and ecological rationality.
Medical subject headings
- Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Coronavirus Infections
- Economics, Behavioral
- Elective Surgical Procedures
- Heuristics
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral