University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (S.D.H.).
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (F.G.M.).
Ann Intern Med. 2020 Aug 18;173(4):302-303. doi: 10.7326/M20-2071. Epub 2020 May 7.
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, much attention has been devoted to the fraught question of how to allocate intensive care unit beds and mechanical ventilators if the supply of these resources is insufficient to provide them to all patients considered to be in need. The authors believe that the deployment of aggressive medical technology to win the “war” against the pandemic may represent the triumph of deeply human instincts over optimal policy.
在整个 COVID-19 危机期间，人们非常关注一个棘手的问题，如果这些资源的供应不足以提供给所有被认为有需要的患者，如何分配重症监护病房床位和机械呼吸机。作者认为，部署激进的医疗技术来赢得对抗大流行病的“战争”，可能代表着人类本能对最佳政策的胜利。
