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Allocation of Respirators in the Coronavirus Crisis in Israel: An Ethical Analysis and A Scheme for Triage
Isr Med Assoc J. 2021 May;23(5):274-278.ABSTRACTThis focus article is a theoretical reflection on the ethics of allocating respirators to patients in circumstances of shortage, especially during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Israel. In this article, respirators are placeholders for similar life-saving modalities in short supply, such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines and intensive care unit beds. In the article, I propose a system of triage for circumstances of scarcity of respirators. The system separates the hopeless from the curable, granting every treatable person a real chance of cu...
Source: The Israel Medical Association Journal - May 23, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Yechiel Michael Barilan Source Type: research

Coincidental Onset of Ocular Myasthenia Gravis Following ChAdOx1 n-CoV-19 Vaccine against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Isr Med Assoc J. 2022 Jan;24(1):9-10.ABSTRACTThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine ChAdOx1 (AZD1222, Vaxzevria) is playing a crucial role in counteracting the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic [1]. Since March 2021, reports of unexpected thrombotic events associated with thrombocytopenia and vaccination have been published [2]. To the best of our knowledge there is only one report about vaccination-associated myasthenia gravis (MG) occurring after a second dose of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech).PMID:35077038
Source: The Israel Medical Association Journal - January 25, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Giuliana Galassi Vittorio Rispoli Erika Iori Alessandra Ariatti Alessandro Marchioni Source Type: research