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. 2020 Dec 3;7(2):1ā€“7. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.6159

Table 1. State Crisis Standards of Care Guideline Abstraction Outline.

Category and characteristic No. (%) (Nā€‰=ā€‰31)
Health care resource allocated
Ventilators 28 (90)
Renal replacement therapy 14 (45)
Intravenous fluids 17 (55)
Blood products 17 (55)
Mental or behavioral health care 16 (52)
Medications 22 (71)
Staffing 28 (90)
Palliative care 29 (94)
Primary allocation goal
Lives saved 31 (100)
Life-years saved 22 (71)
Other goals 3 (10)
Primary allocation method
SOFA (or SOFA family of scores) 27 (87)
PELOD (or PELOD family of scores) 10 (32)
Life-years through comorbidities or prognosis 22 (71)
Life-years through age 3 (10)
Secondary allocation goal
Lives saved 5 (16)
Life-years saved 7 (23)
Lottery 8 (26)
First-come, first-served 5 (16)
Youngest first 5 (16)
Reciprocity 5 (16)
Instrumental value 10 (32)
Included in allocation process
Use of triage team and/or officer 26 (84)
Allocation appeals process 13 (42)
Disability rights
Disability rights statement 20 (65)
Any categorical exclusions 9 (29)
Standardized ventilator reassessment 20 (65)
Cancer-related categorical exclusion 8 (26)
Cancer-related deprioritization 17 (55)

Abbreviations: PELOD, Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.