This article applies developing concepts of @entity3124 ( @entity3124 ) to @entity1 . In @entity341 ( @entity341 ), @entity3124 would improve population outcomes by providing lifesaving interventions while delaying less urgent care. If needs exceed resources despite @entity3124 , then rationing would allocate interventions to those most likely to survive with care. Gaps between estimated needs and actual hospital resources are worse for @entity1 than adults. Clear identification of pediatric hospitals would facilitate distribution of @entity1 according to PHE needs, but all hospitals must prepare to treat some @entity1 . Keeping @entity1 with a family member and identifying unaccompanied @entity1 complicate PHE regional triage. Pediatric critical care experts would teach and supervise supplemental providers. Adapting nearly equivalent equipment compensates for shortages, but there is no substitute for age-appropriate resuscitation masks, IV/suction catheters, endotracheal/gastric/chest tubes. Limitations will be encountered using adult ventilators for @entity1 . Temporary manual bag valve ventilation and development of shared ventilators may prolong survival until the arrival of ventilator stockpiles. To ration @entity3124 to @entity1 most likely to survive, the Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 score meets the criteria for validated pediatric mortality predictions. Policymakers must define population outcome goals in regard to lives saved versus life-years saved.

Mass critical care: pediatric considerations in extending and rationing care in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'infants'] @entity3124 :: ('MESH:D016638', 'Disease') :: ['mass critical care', 'MCC'] @entity341 :: ('MESH:D004630', 'Disease') :: ['public health emergencies', 'PHEs']
@entity341 :: (MESH:D004630,Disease) :: ['public health emergencies']
