Ethical Criteria for the Admission and Management of Patients in the ICU Under Conditions of Limited Medical Resources: A Shared International Proposal in View of the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Vittoradolfo Tambone,
• Donald Boudreau,
• Massimo Ciccozzi,
• Karen Sanders,
• Laura Leondina Campanozzi,
• Jane Wathuta,
• Luciano Violante,
• Roberto Cauda,
• Carlo Petrini,
• Antonio Abbate,
• Rossana Alloni,
• Josepmaria Argemi,
• Josep Argemí Renom,
• Anna De Benedictis,
• France Galerneau,
• Emilio García-Sánchez,
• Giampaolo Ghilardi,
• Janet Palmer Hafler,
• Magdalena Linden,
• Alfredo Marcos,
• Andrea Onetti Muda,
• Marco Pandolfi,
• Thierry Pelaccia,
• Mario Picozzi,
• Ruben Oscar Revello,
• Giovanna Ricci,
• Robert Rohrbaugh,
• Patrizio Rossi,
• Ascanio Sirignano,
• Antonio Gioacchino Spagnolo,
• Trevor Stammers,
• Lourdes Velázquez,
• Evandro Agazzi,
• Mark Mercurio

Affiliations

Vittoradolfo Tambone

Institute of Philosophy of Scientific and Technological Practice (FAST), Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Donald Boudreau

Department of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Massimo Ciccozzi

Research Unit of Medical Statistic and Molecular Epidemiology, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Karen Sanders

Department of Business, Law and Society, St Mary's University, London, United Kingdom

Laura Leondina Campanozzi

Institute of Philosophy of Scientific and Technological Practice (FAST), Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Jane Wathuta

Institute for Family Studies & Ethics, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya

Luciano Violante

Fondazione Leonardo, Civiltà delle Macchine, Rome, Italy

Roberto Cauda

Section of Infection Diseases, Department of Healthcare Surveillance and Bioethics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Carlo Petrini

Bioethics Unit, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy

Antonio Abbate

Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States

Rossana Alloni

0Hospital Clinical Direction, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Josepmaria Argemi

1Division of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Josep Argemí Renom

2Department of Medicine, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Anna De Benedictis

0Hospital Clinical Direction, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy

France Galerneau

3Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

Emilio García-Sánchez

4Department of Political Sciences, Ethics and Sociology, University CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain

Giampaolo Ghilardi

Institute of Philosophy of Scientific and Technological Practice (FAST), Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Janet Palmer Hafler

5Teaching and Learning Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

Magdalena Linden

6Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Center for Molecular Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden

Alfredo Marcos

7Department of Philosophy, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

Andrea Onetti Muda

8Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Marco Pandolfi

Fondazione Leonardo, Civiltà delle Macchine, Rome, Italy

Thierry Pelaccia

9Prehospital Emergency Medical Service (SAMU 67), Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Mario Picozzi

0Center for Clinical Ethics, Insubria University, Varese, Italy

Ruben Oscar Revello

1Instituto de Bioética de la Facultad de Ciencias Médica, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Giovanna Ricci

2School of Law, University of Camerino, Macerata, Italy

Robert Rohrbaugh

3Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

Patrizio Rossi

4Central Medical Department, National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL), Rome, Italy

Ascanio Sirignano

2School of Law, University of Camerino, Macerata, Italy

Antonio Gioacchino Spagnolo

5School of Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Trevor Stammers

6Centre for Bioethics and Emerging Technologies, Institute of Theology, St Mary's University, London, United Kingdom

Lourdes Velázquez

7Interdisciplinary Bioethics Center, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico

Evandro Agazzi

7Interdisciplinary Bioethics Center, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico

Mark Mercurio

8Program for Biomedical Ethics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States