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cord-291955-mlju5f9u	Haas, Lenneke E. M.	Should we deny ICU admission to the elderly? Ethical considerations in times of COVID-19	2020-06-09		.txt	text/plain	1205	72	61	The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic leads to severe shortages of intensive care unit (ICU) facilities in many countries. In this article, we discuss the use of age as a criterion for ICU treatment in times of scarce ICU capacity by contrasting it with deciding under normal conditions. It is proxy for the medical condition of the patient, and advanced age is clearly a factor that should be weighed together with other risk factors for a poor outcome of ICU treatment. Elderly patients admitted to the ICU with COVID-19 are at increased risk of death [7, 8] . Although we need more robust data about short-and long-term outcomes of elderly patients admitted to the ICU because of COVID-19, the mortality rates reported up to now are 40 to 80% [7, 9] . It cannot be justified to withhold ICU admission for all patients above a certain age.	./cache/cord-291955-mlju5f9u.txt	./txt/cord-291955-mlju5f9u.txt