Table 1. State Crisis Standards of Care Guideline Abstraction Outline.
Category and characteristic | No. (%) (Nā=ā31) |
---|---|
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.